Binding molecule specific for lif and use thereof

ABSTRACT

Provided is a binding molecule specific for LIF and use thereof. Specifically, provided is an isolated antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that binds to LIF and inhibits the activity of LIF. Also provided are uses of the isolated antibody or the antigen-binding fragment thereof in treatment of diseases.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation application of Int'l Appl. No.PCT/CN2020/118247, filed Sep. 28, 2020, which claims priority to Int'lAppl. No. PCT/CN2020/077049, filed Feb. 27, 2020, and claims priority toInt'l Appl. No. PCT/CN2019/108904, filed Sep. 29, 2019, of which isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

SEQUENCE DISCLOSURE

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TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to an isolated antibody or antigen-bindingfragment thereof specifically binding to LIF, and the use of theisolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of the invention,and the treatment method using the isolated antibody or antigen-bindingfragment thereof of the invention.

BACKGROUND ART

Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a member of the IL6 type cytokines,and it has various biological activity including stimulating orinhibiting each of cell proliferation, differentiation and survival [1].Human LIF protein has 202 amino acids, and it has two receptors on thecell membrane surface, GP130 and LIFR. The LIF protein binds to thesetwo receptors, causing the two receptors to form a heterodimer, therebyactivating the downstream signaling pathways, such as MAPK signalingpathway and JAK/STAT signaling pathway [2]. It has reported thatoverexpression of LIF protein and increased serum levels of LIF proteinare correlated with poor prognosis of multiple tumors [3, 4]. LIF is akey regulator of cancer stem cells, plays an important role in stem cellmaintenance, self-renewal and pluripotency, etc., and is associated withchemoresistance [5, 6]. In addition, LIF can also promote the growth andmetastasis of the tumor [7]. Recent evidence indicates that LIFupregulated JAK-STAT3 signaling pathway via autocrine and paracrinemechanisms in tumors, thereby playing a role of promoting tumor growthand inhibiting immune response [8, 9, 10]. Therefore, LIF is a potentialtherapeutic target. However, the currently developed treatment methodfor LIF targets is not optimistic. For example, many literatures reportthat reducing the expression of LIF protein by RNA interference caninhibit tumor growth [11, 12], but the technique of RNA interference hasthe weakness of poor targeting, short half-life, poor membranepermeability, and is difficult to make medicine. EC359 is a smallmolecule inhibitor for LIFR. It can not only inhibit the binding of LIFRto LIF, but also inhibit the binding of OSM, CTF1 and CNTF to LIFR [13].It is unknown whether these additional inhibitions will lead toadditional toxicity, and the small molecule inhibitors specific for LIFprotein have not been reported yet. Only one antibody drug targeting LIFprotein is currently in clinical development stage, and its relevantsafety and efficacy data have not yet been published.

Therefore, more researches are needed to develop drugs and combinationtherapies for LIF targets.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The invention provides an isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentspecifically binding to LIF and the use thereof in the treatment ofdiseases.

In one respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof that binds at an epitope represented byan amino acid sequence TYGPDTSGKDVFQKK (SEQ ID NO: 61) of human LIFprotein or at an epitope of the corresponding amino acid sequence of adifferent mammalian species.

In another respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof, which comprises:

(a) LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 66, and conservative modificationsthereof;(b) LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 2 or 67, and conservative modificationsthereof;(c) LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 3 or 68, and conservative modificationsthereof;(d) HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 4 or 69, and conservative modificationsthereof;(e) HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 5, 45, or 70, and conservative modificationsthereof; and(f) HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 6 or 71, and conservative modificationsthereof.

Optionally, the LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2 or HCDR3 hasadditions, substitutions, deletions and/or insertions of 17 or lessamino acids.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

(a) LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 1, and conservative modifications thereof;(b) LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 2, and conservative modifications thereof;(c) LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 3, and conservative modifications thereof;(d) HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 4, and conservative modifications thereof;(e) HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 5 or 45, and conservative modificationsthereof;(f) HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence selected from a groupconsisting of SEQ ID NO: 6, and conservative modifications thereof.

Optionally, the LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2 or HCDR3 hasadditions, substitutions, deletions and/or insertions of 17 or lessamino acids.

In some embodiments, optionally, the LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2or HCDR3 has additions, substitutions, deletions and/or insertions of 9or less amino acids.

In some embodiments, optionally, the LCDR1, LCDR2, LCDR3, HCDR1, HCDR2or HCDR3 has additions, substitutions, deletions and/or insertions of 5or less amino acids.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

1) (a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2,(c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4,(e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 5, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO:6;2) (a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2,(c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4,(e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 45, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO:6; or3) (a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 66, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO:67, (c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 68, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO:69, (e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 70, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ IDNO: 71.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

1) (a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2,(c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4,(e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 5, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO:6; or2) (a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2,(c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4,(e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 45, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO:6.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

(a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2,(c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4,(e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 5, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO:6.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

(a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2,(c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4,(e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 45, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO:6.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

(a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 66, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 67,(c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 68, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 69,(e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 70, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO:71.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof is a murine antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, achimeric antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, a fully humanantibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, or a humanized antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody is a humanized antibodycomprising a framework region or a framework region variant thereofderived from human antibody.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

(i) a light chain variable region (VL) comprising an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from agroup consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7, 11, 15, 19, 46, 74 or 82, andconservative modifications thereof; and(ii) a heavy chain variable region (VH) comprising an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence selectedfrom a group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 23, 27, 31, 48, 75 or 83, andconservative modifications thereof.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

(i) a light chain variable region (VL) comprising an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from agroup consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7, 11, 15, 19 or 46, and conservativemodifications thereof; and(ii) a heavy chain variable region (VH) comprising an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence selectedfrom a group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 23, 27, 31 or 48, and conservativemodifications thereof.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

(i) a light chain variable region (VL) comprising an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence selected from agroup consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7, 11, 15 or 19, and conservativemodifications thereof; and(ii) a heavy chain variable region (VH) comprising an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence selectedfrom a group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 23, 27 or 31, and conservativemodifications thereof.

In some embodiments, the light chain variable region comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% identity to the light chainvariable region selected from (i), and the heavy chain variable regioncomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 90%, at least 95%, atleast 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% identity tothe heavy chain variable region selected from (ii).

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

1) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;2) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;3) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;4) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;5) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;6) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;7) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;8) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;9) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;10) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;11) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;12) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;13) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 46, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 48;14) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 74, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 75; or15) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 82, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:83.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

1) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;2) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;3) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;4) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;5) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;6) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;7) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;8) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;9) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;10) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;11) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27; or12) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 23.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 27.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 31.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 23.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 27.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 31.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 23.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 27.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 31.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 23.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 27.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 31.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 48.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 74,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 75.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 82,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO:83.

In some embodiments, the light and heavy chain variable region comprisean amino acid sequence with at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, atleast 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or 100% identity to the light andheavy chain variable region selected from 1)-15), respectively.

In one respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof comprising a combination of a heavy anda light chain variable region selected from any one of the following (i)to (ii):

(i) a light chain variable region (VL) comprising LCDR1, LCDR2 and LCDR3that have the same sequence as any one of SEQ ID NO: 7, 11, 15, 19, 46or 82; and(ii) a heavy chain variable region (VH) comprising HCDR1, HCDR2 andHCDR3 that have the same sequence as any one of SEQ ID NO: 23, 27, 31,48 or 83.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises a light and a heavy chain, wherein:

(I) the light chain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting ofSEQ ID NO: 9, 13, 17, 21, 37, 39, 50 or 54, and conservativemodifications thereof; and(II) the heavy chain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting ofSEQ ID NO: 25, 29, 33, 35, 52 or 56, and conservative modificationsthereof.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises a light and a heavy chain, wherein:

(I) the light chain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting ofSEQ ID NO: 9, 13, 17, 21, 37, 39 or 50, and conservative modificationsthereof; and(II) the heavy chain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting ofSEQ ID NO: 25, 29, 33, 35 or 52, and conservative modifications thereof.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises a light and a heavy chain, wherein:

(I) the light chain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting ofSEQ ID NO: 9, 13, 17 or 21, and conservative modifications thereof; and(II) the heavy chain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting ofSEQ ID NO: 25, 29 or 33, and conservative modifications thereof.

In some embodiments, the light chain comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least98%, at least 99%, or 100% identity to an light chain selected from (I),and the heavy chain comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 90%,at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99%, or100% identity to an heavy chain selected from (II).

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

1) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25,2) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29,3) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33,4) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25,5) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29,6) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33,7) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25,8) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29,9) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33,10) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25,11) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29,12) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33,13) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35,14) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35,15) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 50, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 52, or16) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56.

In some embodiments, the light and heavy chain comprise an amino acidsequence with at least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, atleast 98%, at least 99%, or 100% identity to a light and heavy chainselected from 1)-16), respectively.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 50, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 52.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof comprises:

a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56.

In another respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof comprising (a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ IDNO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, (c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ IDNO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4, (e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ IDNO: 5, and (f) HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 6.

In yet another respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof comprising (a) LCDR1 comprising SEQ IDNO: 1, (b) LCDR2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 2, (c) LCDR3 comprising SEQ IDNO: 3, (d) HCDR1 comprising SEQ ID NO: 4, (e) HCDR2 comprising SEQ IDNO: 45, and (0 HCDR3 comprising SEQ ID NO: 6.

In yet another respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof comprising a light chain variableregion (VL) represented by SEQ ID NO: 7, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) represented by SEQ ID NO: 23.

In yet another respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof comprising a light chain variableregion (VL) represented by SEQ ID NO: 11, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) represented by SEQ ID NO: 31.

In yet another respect, the invention provides an isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof comprising a light chain variableregion (VL) represented by SEQ ID NO: 19, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) represented by SEQ ID NO: 31.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody is a monoclonal antibody, achimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, a human engineered antibody, ahuman antibody, a bispecific antibody, Fv, a single chain antibody(scFv), a Fab, a Fab′, a Fab′-SH or a F(ab)₂.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody is an IgG.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody is an IgG1, IgG2 or IgG4.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof is leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) antagonist.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof is capable of inhibiting the expression of LIF and/or blockingthe activity of LIF.

In some embodiments, the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof is capable of competing or cross competing for binding to LIF.

In yet another respect, the invention provides a nucleotide compositioncomprising a nucleotide molecule encoding the isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof of the invention. In some embodiments,the nucleotide molecule is DNA or RNA. In some embodiments, thenucleotide molecule is DNA.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

(i) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, 11, 15, 19, 46 or 82; and(ii) a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23, 27, 31, 48 or 83.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

(i) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, 11, 15, 19 or 46; and(ii) a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23, 27, 31 or 48.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

(i) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7, 11, 15, or 19; and(ii) a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23, 27 or 31.

In some embodiments, the first nucleic acid molecule comprises DNA withat least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, atleast 99% or 100% identity to the first nucleic acid molecule selectedfrom (i); the second nucleic acid molecule comprises DNA with at least90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least99% or 100% identity to the second nucleic acid molecule selected from(ii).

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

1) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;2) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;3) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;4) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23;5) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27;6) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31;7) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23;8) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27;9) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31;10) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23;11) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27;12) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31;13) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 46 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 48;14) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 74 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 75; or15) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 82 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 83.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

1) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23;2) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27;3) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31;4) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23;5) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27;6) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31;7) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23;8) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27;9) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31;10) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23;11) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27; or12) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 23.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 27.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 7 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 31.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 11 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 15 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 23.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 27.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 31;

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 46 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 48.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 74 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 75.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainvariable region (VL) as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 82 and a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding aheavy chain variable region (VH) as represented by an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 83.

In some embodiments, the first nucleic acid sequence and the secondnucleic acid sequence comprise a DNA sequence with at least 90%, atleast 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or100% identity to the first nucleic acid sequence or the second nucleicacid sequence selected from 1)-15), respectively.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain variable region (VL) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 is shown as SEQ IDNO: 8.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain variable region (VL) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11 is shown as SEQID NO: 12.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain variable region (VL) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 is shown as SEQID NO: 16.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain variable region (VL) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 is shown as SEQID NO: 20.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain variable region (VL) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46 is shown as SEQID NO: 47.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain variable region (VL) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 74 is shown as SEQID NO: 76.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain variable region (VL) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 82 is shown as SEQID NO: 72.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain variable region (VH) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 23 is shown as SEQID NO: 24.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain variable region (VH) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 is shown as SEQID NO: 28.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain variable region (VH) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31 is shown as SEQID NO: 32.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain variable region (VH) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 48 is shown as SEQID NO: 49.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain variable region (VH) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 75 is shown as SEQID NO: 77.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain variable region (VH) asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 83 is shown as SEQID NO: 73.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

(I) a first nucleic acid sequence comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, 13, 17, 21,37, 39, 50 or 54; and(II) a second nucleic acid sequence comprising DNA encoding a heavychain as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25, 29, 33,35, 52 or 56.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

(I) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, 13, 17, 21,37, 39 or 50; and(II) a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25, 29, 33,35 or 52.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

(I) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, 13, 17 or 21;and(II) a second nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavychain as represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25, 29 or33.

In some embodiments, the first nucleic acid molecule comprises DNA withat least 90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, atleast 99% or 100% identity to the first nucleic acid molecule selectedfrom (I); the second nucleic acid molecule comprises DNA with at least90%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least99%, or 100% identity to the second nucleic acid molecule selected from(II).

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

1) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25;2) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29;3) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33;4) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25;5) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29;6) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33;7) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25;8) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29;9) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33;10) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25;11) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29;12) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33;13) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35;14) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35;15) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 50 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 52; or16) a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chainas represented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56.

In some embodiments, the first nucleic acid molecule and the secondnucleic acid molecule comprise DNA with at least 90%, at least 95%, atleast 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% or 100% identity tothe first nucleic acid molecule or the second nucleic acid moleculeselected from 1)-16).

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 50 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 52.

In some embodiments, the nucleotide composition comprises:

a first nucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a light chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54 and a secondnucleic acid molecule comprising DNA encoding a heavy chain asrepresented by an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 10.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 14.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 18.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 22.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 37 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 38.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 39 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 40.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 50 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 51.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a light chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 54 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 55.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 26.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 30.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 34.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 35 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 36.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 52 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 53.

In some embodiments, DNA encoding a heavy chain as represented by anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 56 is shown as SEQ ID NO: 57.

In yet another respect, the invention provides a vector comprising thenucleotide composition of the invention.

In some embodiments, the vector is a eukaryotic expression vector, aprokaryotic expression vector or a viral vector.

In yet another respect, the invention provides a host cell comprisingthe vector of the invention.

In some embodiments, the host cell comprising the vector is obtained byvector transformation.

In some embodiments, the host cell is bacteria, yeast or mammalian cell.

In some embodiments, the host cell is Escherichia coli, pichia yeast,Chinese hamster ovary cells or human embryonic kidney 293 cells.

In yet another respect, the invention provides a method of preparing theantibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of the invention,comprising expressing the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereofin the host cell of the invention and isolating the antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof.

In yet another respect, the invention provides a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of theabove-mentioned isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof,and a pharmaceutical acceptable excipient.

In yet another respect, the invention provides a reagent for detectingLIF in biological samples comprising the above-mentioned isolatedantibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof.

In some embodiments, the biological samples are blood, serum, urine,biopsy materials, tumor, or any tissues suspected of having abnormal LIFlevels.

In another respect, the invention provides a method for inhibiting theexpression of LIF and/or blocking the activity of LIF, comprisingadministering to the patient in need thereof a therapeutically effectiveamount of the above-mentioned isolated antibody or antigen-bindingfragment thereof, and/or the above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition.

In yet another respect, the invention provides use of theabove-mentioned isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof,and/or the above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition in manufacture ofa medicament used for inhibiting the expression of LIF and/or blockingthe activity of LIF.

In yet another respect, the invention provides the above-mentionedisolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof and/or theabove-mentioned pharmaceutical composition for use in inhibiting theexpression of LIF and/or blocking the activity of LIF.

In another respect, the invention provides a method for treating adisease or condition related to LIF comprising administering to thepatient in need a therapeutically effective amount of theabove-mentioned isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment, and/orthe above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition. In some embodiments, thedisease or condition related to LIF is tumor. In some embodiments, thetumor is solid tumor. In some embodiments, the solid tumor comprisesglioblastoma, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreaticcancer or prostate cancer.

In yet another respect, the invention provides use of theabove-mentioned isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof,and/or the above-mentioned pharmaceutical composition in manufacture ofa medicament for treating a disease or condition related to LIF. In someembodiments, the disease or condition related to LIF is tumor. In someembodiments, the tumor is solid tumor. In some embodiments, the solidtumor comprises glioblastoma, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colorectalcancer, pancreatic cancer or prostate cancer.

In yet another respect, the invention provides the above-mentionedisolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and/or theabove-mentioned pharmaceutical composition for use in treating a diseaseor condition related to LIF. In some embodiments, the disease related toLIF is tumor. In some embodiments, the tumor is solid tumor. In someembodiments, the solid tumor comprises glioblastoma, lung cancer,ovarian cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer or prostate cancer.

A disease or condition related to LIF means that blocking LIF and LIRRand/or GP130 can treat, alleviate, relieve and/or stabilize the diseaseor condition.

In another respect, the invention provides a method for detecting theLIF in biological samples comprising (i) obtaining a subject's tissue orliquid sample, (ii) exposing the tissue or liquid sample to theabove-mentioned isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof orthe above-mentioned reagent; and (iii) comparing the LIF binding to thetissue or liquid sample of (ii) with the LIF binding to a controlsample, wherein the increase in the amount of the bound LIF comparedwith the control sample shows the abnormal level of LIF production,expression or activation.

In some embodiments, the tissue or liquid sample comprises blood, serum,urine, biopsy materials, tumor, or any tissues suspected of havingabnormal LIF levels.

TABLE I Description of the antibody sequence of the inventionSequence No. Sequence SEQ ID NO: 1 (LCDR1 aa of RASENIYSYLA38E10E1C11, humanized anti-LIF antibody or 38E Chimeric)SEQ ID NO: 2 (LCDR2 aa of NAKTLAE 38E10E1C11, humanizedanti-LIF antibody or 38E Chimeric) SEQ ID NO: 3 (LCDR3 aa of QHHYVTPLT38E10E1C11, humanized anti-LIF antibody or 38E Chimeric)SEQ ID NO: 4 (HCDR1 aa of SYAMS 38E10E1C11, humanizedanti-LIF antibody or 38E Chimeric) SEQ ID NO: 5 (HCDR2 aa ofTISSGGSNTYSPDTVKG humanized anti-LIF antibody) SEQ ID NO: 6 (HCDR3 aa ofYYGYYFDF 38E10E1C11, humanized anti-LIF antibody or 38E Chimeric)SEQ ID NO: 7 (VL1, aa) DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKPGKSPKLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQ PEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRSEQ ID NO: 8 (VL1, nt) GACATCCAGATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCGCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGGGCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCT TCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGSEQ ID NO: 9(full DIQMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKlight chain 1, aa) PGKSPKLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYA CEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECSEQ ID NO: 10(full light GACATCCAGATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCchain 1, nt) GCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGGGCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGACCGTGGCCGCCCCCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCGACGAGCAGCTGAAGAGCGGCACCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCCTGCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAGGGAGGCCAAGGTGCAGTGGAAGGTGGACAACGCCCTGCAGAGCGGCAACAGCCAGGAGAGCGTGACCGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGAGCAAGGCCGACTACGAGAAGCACAAGGTGTACGCCTGCGAGGTGACCCACCAGGGCCTGAGCAGCCCCGTGACC AAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGCGAGTGCSEQ ID NO: 11 (VL2, aa) DIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKPGKSPKLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQ PEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRSEQ ID NO: 12 (VL2, nt) GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCGCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGGGCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCT TCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGSEQ ID NO: 13 (full light DIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKchain 2, aa) PGKSPKLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYA CEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECSEQ ID NO: 14 (full light GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCchain 2, nt) GCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGGGCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGACCGTGGCCGCCCCCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCGACGAGCAGCTGAAGAGCGGCACCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCCTGCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAGGGAGGCCAAGGTGCAGTGGAAGGTGGACAACGCCCTGCAGAGCGGCAACAGCCAGGAGAGCGTGACCGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGAGCAAGGCCGACTACGAGAAGCACAAGGTGTACGCCTGCGAGGTGACCCACCAGGGCCTGAGCAGCCCCGTGACC AAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGCGAGTGCSEQ ID NO: 15 (VL3, aa) DIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKPGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFTLTISSLQ PEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRSEQ ID NO: 16 (VL3, nt) GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCGCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGGGCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGAGCCCCCAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCCAGTTCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCT TCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGSEQ ID NO: 17 (full light DIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKchain 3, aa) PGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFTLTISSLQPEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVYA CEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECSEQ ID NO: 18 (full light GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCchain 3, nt) GCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGGGCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGAGCCCCCAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCCAGTTCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGACCGTGGCCGCCCCCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCGACGAGCAGCTGAAGAGCGGCACCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCCTGCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAGGGAGGCCAAGGTGCAGTGGAAGGTGGACAACGCCCTGCAGAGCGGCAACAGCCAGGAGAGCGTGACCGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGAGCAAGGCCGACTACGAGAAGCACAAGGTGTACGCCTGCGAGGTGACCCACCAGGGCCTGAGCAGCCCCGTGACC AAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGCGAGTGCSEQ ID NO: 19(VL4, DIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQK aa)QGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFTLKINSL QPEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRSEQ ID NO: 20(VL4, GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGC nt)GCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGGGCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCAGGGCAAGAGCCCCCAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCCAGTTCACCCTGAAGATCAACAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACC TTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGSEQ ID NO: 21(full light DIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKchain 4, QGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFTLKINSL aa)QPEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVY ACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECSEQ ID NO: 22(full light GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGC chain 4,GCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGG nt)GCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCAGGGCAAGAGCCCCCAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCCAGTTCACCCTGAAGATCAACAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGACCGTGGCCGCCCCCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCGACGAGCAGCTGAAGAGCGGCACCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCCTGCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAGGGAGGCCAAGGTGCAGTGGAAGGTGGACAACGCCCTGCAGAGCGGCAACAGCCAGGAGAGCGTGACCGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGAGCAAGGCCGACTACGAGAAGCACAAGGTGTACGCCTGCGAGGTGACCCACCAGGGCCTGAGCAGCCCCGTGACC AAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGCGAGTGCSEQ ID NO: 23(VH1, EVMLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFSSYAMS aa)WVRQAPGTGLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDTVKGRFTIS RDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTLLTVSS SEQ ID NO: 24(VH1, GAGGTGATGCTGCTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTG nt)GTGCAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCG CCGCCAGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCATGAGCTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGGCACCGGCCTG GAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGCAACACCTACAGCCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAGGT TCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCCGAGGA CACCGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGCTACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGC TGACCGTGAGCAGCSEQ ID NO: 25(full heavy EVMLLESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFSSYAMS chain 1,WVRQAPGTGLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDTVKGRFTIS aa)RDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTLLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYASTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK SEQ ID NO: 26(full heavyGAGGTGATGCTGCTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTG chain 1,GTGCAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCG nt)CCGCCAGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCAT GAGCTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGGCACCGGCCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGC AACACCTACAGCCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACAGCAAGAACACCCT GTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCCGAGGACACCGCCGTGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGC TACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGCTGACCGTGAGCAGCGCCAGCACCAAGGGCCCCA GCGTGTTCCCCCTGGCCCCCAGCAGCAAGAGCACCAGCGGCGGCACCGCCGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTG AAGGACTACTTCCCCGAGCCCGTGACCGTGAGCTGGAACAGCGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACA CCTTCCCCGCCGTGCTGCAGAGCAGCGGCCTGTACAGCCTGAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCAGCAGC AGCCTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAACCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGA AGGTGGAGCCCAAGAGCTGCGACAAGACCCACACCTGCCCCCCCTGCCCCGCCCCCGAGCTGCTGGG CGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCTGTTCCCCCCCAAGCCCAAGGACACCCTGATGATCAGCAGGACCCCCGAG GTGACCTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAGGACCCCGAGGTGAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGG CGTGGAGGTGCACAACGCCAAGACCAAGCCCAGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACCTACAGGGTGGT GAGCGTGCTGACCGTGCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTGAGCAAC AAGGCCCTGCCCGCCCCCATCGAGAAGACCATCAGCAAGGCCAAGGGCCAGCCCAGGGAGCCCCAGG TGTACACCCTGCCCCCCAGCAGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTGAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTGAAG GGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAACGGCCAGCCCGAGAACAACTACAAGA CCACCCCCCCCGTGCTGGACAGCGACGGCAGCTTCTTCCTGTACAGCAAGCTGACCGTGGACAAGAGC AGGTGGCAGCAGGGCAACGTGTTCAGCTGCAGCGTGATGCACGAGGCCCTGCACAACCACTACACCCA GAAGAGCCTGAGCCTGAGCCCCGGCAAGSEQ ID NO: 27(VH2, EVMLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFSSYAMSWVR aa)QAPGTGLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDTVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTLL TVSS SEQ ID NO: 28(VH2,GAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG nt)CAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCCAGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCATGAGCTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGGCACCGGCCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGCAACACCTACAGCCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCCGAGGACACCGCCATGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGCTACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCA GGGCACCCTGCTGACCGTGAGCAGCSEQ ID NO: 29(full heavy EVMLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFSSYAMSWVRchain 2, aa) QAPGTGLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDTVKGRFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTLLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQ GNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKSEQ ID NO: 30 (full heavy GAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG chain 2,CAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCC nt)AGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCATGAGCTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGGCACCGGCCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGCAACACCTACAGCCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCCGAGGACACCGCCATGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGCTACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGCTGACCGTGAGCAGCGCCAGCACCAAGGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCCCCTGGCCCCCAGCAGCAAGAGCACCAGCGGCGGCACCGCCGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTGAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAGCCCGTGACCGTGAGCTGGAACAGCGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCCGCCGTGCTGCAGAGCAGCGGCCTGTACAGCCTGAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCAGCAGCAGCCTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAACCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAGGTGGAGCCCAAGAGCTGCGACAAGACCCACACCTGCCCCCCCTGCCCCGCCCCCGAGCTGCTGGGCGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCTGTTCCCCCCCAAGCCCAAGGACACCCTGATGATCAGCAGGACCCCCGAGGTGACCTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAGGACCCCGAGGTGAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCACAACGCCAAGACCAAGCCCAGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACCTACAGGGTGGTGAGCGTGCTGACCGTGCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTGAGCAACAAGGCCCTGCCCGCCCCCATCGAGAAGACCATCAGCAAGGCCAAGGGCCAGCCCAGGGAGCCCCAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCCAGCAGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTGAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTGAAGGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAACGGCCAGCCCGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACCCCCCCCGTGCTGGACAGCGACGGCAGCTTCTTCCTGTACAGCAAGCTGACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGCAACGTGTTCAGCTGCAGCGTGATGCACGAGGCCCTGCACAACCACT ACACCCAGAAGAGCCTGAGCCTGAGCCCCGGCAAGSEQ ID NO: 31 (VH3, EVMLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFSSYAMS aa)WVRQAPETRLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDTVKGRFTIS RDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTLLTVSS SEQ ID NO: 32(VH3, GAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTG nt)GTGCAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCG CCGCCAGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCATGAGCTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGAGACCAGGCT GGAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGCAACACCTACAGCCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAG GTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCCGAG GACACCGCCATGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGCTACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCT GCTGACCGTGAGCAGCSEQ ID NO: 33(full heavy EVMLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFSSYAMS chain 3,WVRQAPETRLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDTVKGRFTIS aa)RDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTLLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYASTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGK SEQ ID NO: 34(full heavyGAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG chain 3,CAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCC nt)AGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCATGAGCTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGAGACCAGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGCAACACCTACAGCCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCCGAGGACACCGCCATGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGCTACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGCTGACCGTGAGCAGCGCCAGCACCAAGGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCCCCTGGCCCCCAGCAGCAAGAGCACCAGCGGCGGCACCGCCGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTGAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAGCCCGTGACCGTGAGCTGGAACAGCGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCCGCCGTGCTGCAGAGCAGCGGCCTGTACAGCCTGAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCAGCAGCAGCCTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAACCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAGGTGGAGCCCAAGAGCTGCGACAAGACCCACACCTGCCCCCCCTGCCCCGCCCCCGAGCTGCTGGGCGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCTGTTCCCCCCCAAGCCCAAGGACACCCTGATGATCAGCAGGACCCCCGAGGTGACCTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAGGACCCCGAGGTGAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCACAACGCCAAGACCAAGCCCAGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACCTACAGGGTGGTGAGCGTGCTGACCGTGCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTGAGCAACAAGGCCCTGCCCGCCCCCATCGAGAAGACCATCAGCAAGGCCAAGGGCCAGCCCAGGGAGCCCCAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCCAGCAGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTGAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTGAAGGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAACGGCCAGCCCGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACCCCCCCCGTGCTGGACAGCGACGGCAGCTTCTTCCTGTACAGCAAGCTGACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGCAACGTGTTCAGCTGCAGCGTGATGCACGAGGCCCTGCACAACCACT ACACCCAGAAGAGCCTGAGCCTGAGCCCCGGCAAGSEQ ID NO: 35(38E EVMLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFIFSSYAMSWVR HuH3L2-m or 38EQAPETRLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDTVKGRFTISRDNSKN HuH3L4-m full heavyTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTLL chain, aa)TVSSAKTTPPSVYPLAPGSAAQTNSMVTLGCLVKGYFPEPVTVTWNSGSLSSGVHTFPAVLQSDLYTLSSSVTVPSSTWPSETVTCNVAHPASSTKVDKKIVPRDCGCKPCICTVPEVSSVFIFPPKPKDVLTITLTPKVTCVVVDISKDDPEVQFSWFVDDVEVHTAQTQPREEQFNSTFRSVSELPIMHQDWLNGKEFKCRVNSAAFPAPIEKTISKTKGRPKAPQVYTIPPPKEQMAKDKVSLTCMITDFFPEDITVEWQWNGQPAENYKNTQPIMDTDGSYFVYSKLNVQKSNWEAGNTFTCSV LHEGLHNHHTEKSLSHSPGKSEQ ID NO: 36(38E GAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG HuH3L2-m or 38ECAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCC HuH3L4-m full heavy chain,AGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCATGAGCTGGG nt)TGAGGCAGGCCCCCGAGACCAGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGCAACACCTACAGCCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAGGGCCGAGGACACCGCCATGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGCTACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGCTGACCGTGAGCAGCGCCAAGACCACCCCCCCCAGCGTGTACCCCCTGGCCCCCGGCAGCGCCGCCCAGACCAACAGCATGGTGACCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTGAAGGGCTACTTCCCCGAGCCCGTGACCGTGACCTGGAACAGCGGCAGCCTGAGCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCCGCCGTGCTGCAGAGCGACCTGTACACCCTGAGCAGCAGCGTGACCGTGCCCAGCAGCACCTGGCCCAGCGAGACCGTGACCTGCAACGTGGCCCACCCCGCCAGCAGCACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAGATCGTGCCCAGGGACTGCGGCTGCAAGCCCTGCATCTGCACCGTGCCCGAGGTGAGCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAAGCCCAAGGACGTGCTGACCATCACCCTGACCCCCAAGGTGACCTGCGTGGTGGTGGACATCAGCAAGGACGACCCCGAGGTGCAGTTCAGCTGGTTCGTGGACGACGTGGAGGTGCACACCGCCCAGACCCAGCCCAGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACCTTCAGGAGCGTGAGCGAGCTGCCCATCATGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTTCAAGTGCAGGGTGAACAGCGCCGCCTTCCCCGCCCCCATCGAGAAGACCATCAGCAAGACCAAGGGCAGGCCCAAGGCCCCCCAGGTGTACACCATCCCCCCCCCCAAGGAGCAGATGGCCAAGGACAAGGTGAGCCTGACCTGCATGATCACCGACTTCTTCCCCGAGGACATCACCGTGGAGTGGCAGTGGAACGGCCAGCCCGCCGAGAACTACAAGAACACCCAGCCCATCATGGACACCGACGGCAGCTACTTCGTGTACAGCAAGCTGAACGTGCAGAAGAGCAACTGGGAGGCCGGCAACACCTTCACCTGCAGCGTGCTGCACGAGGGCCTGCACAACCACCACACCGAGAAGAGCCTGAGCCAC AGCCCCGGCAAG SEQ ID NO: 37 (38EDIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQK HuH3L2-m full light chain,PGKSPKLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTDFTLTISSLQ aa)PEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRADAAPTVSIFPPSSEQLTSGGASVVCFLNNFYPKDINVKWKIDGSERQNGVLNSWTDQDSKDSTYSMSSTLTLTKDEYERHNSYTCE ATHKTSTSPIVKSFNRNECSEQ ID NO: 38 (38E GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCHuH3L2-m full light chain, GCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGG nt)GCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCCCGGCAAGAGCCCCAAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGACCATCAGCAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGGCCGACGCCGCCCCCACCGTGAGCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCAGCGAGCAGCTGACCAGCGGCGGCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCTTCCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAAGGACATCAACGTGAAGTGGAAGATCGACGGCAGCGAGAGGCAGAACGGCGTGCTGAACAGCTGGACCGACCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCATGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGACCAAGGACGAGTACGAGAGGCACAACAGCTACACCTGCGAGGCCACCCACAAGACCAGCACCAGCCCCATCGTG AAGAGCTTCAACAGGAACGAGTGCSEQ ID NO: 39(38E DIHMTQSPSSLSASVGDRVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQKHuH3L4-m full light chain, QGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFTLKINSL aa)QPEDFATYYCQHHYVTPLTFGQGTKLEIKRADAAPTVSIFPPSSEQLTSGGASVVCFLNNFYPKDINVKWKIDGSERQNGVLNSWTDQDSKDSTYSMSSTLTLTKDEYERHNSYTC EATHKTSTSPIVKSFNRNECSEQ ID NO: 40 (38E GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCAGCAGCCTGAGCHuH3L4-m full light chain, GCCAGCGTGGGCGACAGGGTGACCATCACCTGCAGG nt)GCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCAGGGCAAGAGCCCCCAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCCAGTTCACCCTGAAGATCAACAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGCCACCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGACCGTGGCCGCCCCCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCGACGAGCAGCTGAAGAGCGGCACCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCCTGCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAGGGAGGCCAAGGTGCAGTGGAAGGTGGACAACGCCCTGCAGAGCGGCAACAGCCAGGAGAGCGTGACCGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGAGCAAGGCCGACTACGAGAAGCACAAGGTGTACGCCTGCGAGGTGACCCACCAGGGCCTGAGCAGCCCCGTGACC AAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGCGAGTGCSEQ ID NO: 41 DIHMTQSPASLSASVGETVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQK(38E10E1C11 full light QGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFSLKINSL chain aa)QPEDFGSYYCQHHYVTPLTFGAGTKLELKRADAAPTVSIFPPSSEQLTSGGASVVCFLNNFYPKDINVKWKIDGSERQNGVLNSWTDQDSKDSTYSMSSTLTLTKDEYERHNSYT CEATHKTSTSPIVKSFNRNECSEQ ID NO: 42 GACATCCACATGACTCAGTCTCCAGCCTCCCTATCTG(38E10E1C11 full light CATCTGTGGGAGAAACTGTCACCATCACATGTCGAGC chain nt)AAGTGAGAATATTTACAGTTATTTAGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACAGGGAAAATCTCCTCAGCTCCTGGTCTATAATGCAAAAACCTTAGCAGAAGGTGTGCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCAGGCACACAGTTTTCTCTGAAGATCAACAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGGGAGTTATTACTGTCAACATCATTATGTTACTCCGCTCACGTTCGGTGCTGGGACCAAGCTGGAGCTGAAACGGGCTGATGCTGCACCAACTGTATCCATCTTCCCACCATCCAGTGAGCAGTTAACATCTGGAGGTGCCTCAGTCGTGTGCTTCTTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAAAGACATCAATGTCAAGTGGAAGATTGATGGCAGTGAACGACAAAATGGCGTCCTGAACAGTTGGACTGATCAGGACAGCAAAGACAGCACCTACAGCATGAGCAGCACCCTCACGTTGACCAAGGACGAGTATGAACGACATAACAGCTATACCTGTGAGGCCACTCACAAGACATCAACTTCACCCATTGTCAAGAGC TTCAACAGGAATGAGTGT SEQ ID NO: 43EVMLVESGGGLVKPGGSLKLSCAASGFIFSSYAMSWVR (38E10E1C11 full heavyQSPETRLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDSVKGRFTISRDNAKN chain aa)TLYLQMSSLRSEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTTLTVSSAKTTPPSVYPLAPGSAAQTNSMVTLGCLVKGYFPEPVTVTWNSGSLSSGVHTFPAVLQSDLYTLSSSVTVPSSTWPSETVTCNVAHPASSTKVDKKIVPRDCGCKPCICTVPEVSSVFIFPPKPKDVLTITLTPKVTCVVVDISKDDPEVQFSWFVDDVEVHTAQTQPREEQFNSTFRSVSELPIMHQDWLNGKEFKCRVNSAAFPAPIEKTISKTKGRPKAPQVYTIPPPKEQMAKDKVSLTCMITDFFPEDITVEWQWNGQPAENYKNTQPIMDTDGSYFVYSKLNVQKSNWEAGNTFTCSVLHE GLHNHHTEKSLSHSPGK SEQ IDGAAGTGATGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTAGTG NO: 44(38E10E1C11 fullAAGCCTGGAGGGTCCCTGAAACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCT heavy chain nt)CTGGATTCATTTTCAGTAGTTATGCCATGTCTTGGGTTCGCCAGAGTCCGGAGACGAGGCTGGAGTGGGTCGCAACCATTAGTAGTGGTGGTAGTAACACCTACTCTCCAGACAGTGTGAAGGGGCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAAATGAGCAGTCTGAGGTCTGAGGACACGGCCATGTATTACTGTGCAAGATATTATGGTTACTACTTTGACTTCTGGGGCCAAGGCACCACTCTCACAGTCTCCTCAGCCAAAACGACACCCCCATCTGTCTATCCACTGGCCCCTGGATCTGCTGCCCAAACTAACTCCATGGTGACCCTGGGATGCCTGGTCAAGGGCTATTTCCCTGAGCCAGTGACAGTGACCTGGAACTCTGGATCCCTGTCCAGCGGTGTGCACACCTTCCCAGCTGTCCTGCAGTCTGACCTCTACACTCTGAGCAGCTCAGTGACTGTCCCCTCCAGCACCTGGCCCAGCGAGACCGTCACCTGCAACGTTGCCCACCCGGCCAGCAGCACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAATTGTGCCCAGGGATTGTGGTTGTAAGCCTTGCATATGTACAGTCCCAGAAGTATCATCTGTCTTCATCTTCCCCCCAAAGCCCAAGGATGTGCTCACCATTACTCTGACTCCTAAGGTCACGTGTGTTGTGGTAGACATCAGCAAGGATGATCCCGAGGTCCAGTTCAGCTGGTTTGTAGATGATGTGGAGGTGCACACAGCTCAGACGCAACCCCGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACTTTCCGCTCAGTCAGTGAACTTCCCATCATGCACCAGGACTGGCTCAATGGCAAGGAGTTCAAATGCAGGGTCAACAGTGCAGCTTTCCCTGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAACCAAAGGCAGACCGAAGGCTCCACAGGTGTACACCATTCCACCTCCCAAGGAGCAGATGGCCAAGGATAAAGTCAGTCTGACCTGCATGATAACAGACTTCTTCCCTGAAGACATTACTGTGGAGTGGCAGTGGAATGGGCAGCCAGCGGAGAACTACAAGAACACTCAGCCCATCATGGACACAGATGGCTCTTACTTCGTCTACAGCAAGCTCAATGTGCAGAAGAGCAACTGGGAGGCAGGAAATACTTTCACCTGCTCTGTGTTACATGAGGGCCTGCACAACCACCATACTGAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCACTCTCCTGGTAA A SEQ ID NO: 45 TISSGGSNTYSPDSVKG(38E10E1C11 

 38E Chimeric HCDR2 aa) SEQ ID NO: 46 (38EDIHMTQSPASLSASVGETVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQK Chimeric VL aa)QGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFSLKINSL QPEDFGSYYCQHHYVTPLTFGAGTKLELKRSEQ ID NO: 47 (38E GACATCCACATGACTCAGTCTCCAGCCTCCCTATCTG Chimeric VL nt)CATCTGTGGGAGAAACTGTCACCATCACATGTCGAGCAAGTGAGAATATTTACAGTTATTTAGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACAGGGAAAATCTCCTCAGCTCCTGTCTATAATGCAAAAACCTTAGCAGAAGGTGTGCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCAGGCACACATTTTCTCTGAAGATCAACAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGGGAGTTATTACTGTCAACATCATTATGTTACTCCGCTCACGTTCGGTGC TGGGACCAAGCTGGAGCTGAAACGGGCSEQ ID NO: 48 (38E EVMLVESGGGLVKPGGSLKLSCAASGFIFSSYAMSWVRChimeric VH aa) QSPETRLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMSSLRSEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTTLT VSS SEQ ID NO: 49 (38EGAAGTGATGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTAGTG Chimeric VH nt)AAGCCTGGAGGGTCCCTGAAACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCATTTTCAGTAGTTATGCCATGTCTTGGGTTCGCCAGAGTCCGGAGACGAGGCTGGAGTGGGTCGCAACCATTAGTAGTGGTGGTAGTAACACCTACTCTCCAGACAGTGTGAAGGGGCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAAATGAGCAGTCTGAGGTCTGAGGACACGGCCATGTATTACTGTGCAAGATATTATGGTTACTACTTTGACTTCTGGGGCCAAGGC ACCACTCTCACAGTCTCCTCASEQ ID NO: 50 DIHMTQSPASLSASVGETVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQK(38E Chimeric full light QGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFSLKINSLchain aa) QPEDFGSYYCQHHYVTPLTFGAGTKLELKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYEKHKVY ACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECSEQ ID NO: 51 GACATCCACATGACCCAGAGCCCCGCCAGCCTGAGC(38E Chimeric full light GCCAGCGTGGGCGAGACCGTGACCATCACCTGCAGG chain nt)GCCAGCGAGAACATCTACAGCTACCTGGCCTGGTACCAGCAGAAGCAGGGCAAGAGCCCCCAGCTGCTGGTGTACAACGCCAAGACCCTGGCCGAGGGCGTGCCCAGCAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCAGCGGCACCCAGTTCAGCCTGAAGATCAACAGCCTGCAGCCCGAGGACTTCGGCAGCTACTACTGCCAGCACCACTACGTGACCCCCCTGACCTTCGGCGCCGGCACCAAGCTGGAGCTGAAGAGGACCGTGGCCGCCCCCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCGACGAGCAGCTGAAGAGCGGCACCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCCTGCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAGGGAGGCCAAGGTGCAGTGGAAGGTGGACAACGCCCTGCAGAGCGGCAACAGCCAGGAGAGCGTGACCGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGAGCAAGGCCGACTACGAGAAGCACAAGGTGTACGCCTGCGAGGTGACCCACCAGGGCCTGAGCAGCCCCGTGA CCAAGAGCTTCAACAGGGGCGAGTGCSEQ ID NO: 52 EVMLVESGGGLVKPGGSLKLSCAASGFIFSSYAMSWVR(38E Chimeric full heavy QSPETRLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNchain aa) TLYLQMSSLRSEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTTLTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKKVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQGN VFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKSEQ ID NO: 53 GAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG(38E Chimeric full heavy AAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAAGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCC chain nt)AGCGGCTTCATCTTCAGCAGCTACGCCATGAGCTGGGTGAGGCAGAGCCCCGAGACCAGGCTGGAGTGGGTGGCCACCATCAGCAGCGGCGGCAGCAACACCTACAGCCCCGACAGCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAGCAGCCTGAGGAGCGAGGACACCGCCATGTACTACTGCGCCAGGTACTACGGCTACTACTTCGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCACCCTGACCGTGAGCAGCGCCAGCACCAAGGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCCCCTGGCCCCCAGCAGCAAGAGCACCAGCGGCGGCACCGCCGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTGAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAGCCCGTGACCGTGAGCTGGAACAGCGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCCGCCGTGCTGCAGAGCAGCGGCCTGTACAGCCTGAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCAGCAGCAGCCTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAACCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAGGTGGAGCCCAAGAGCTGCGACAAGACCCACACCTGCCCCCCCTGCCCCGCCCCCGAGCTGCTGGGCGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCTGTTCCCCCCCAAGCCCAAGGACACCCTGATGATCAGCAGGACCCCCGAGGTGACCTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAGGACCCCGAGGTGAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCACAACGCCAAGACCAAGCCCAGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACCTACAGGGTGGTGAGCGTGCTGACCGTGCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTGAGCAACAAGGCCCTGCCCGCCCCCATCGAGAAGACCATCAGCAAGGCCAAGGGCCAGCCCAGGGAGCCCCAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCCAGCAGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTGAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTGAAGGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAACGGCCAGCCCGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACCCCCCCCGTGCTGGACAGCGACGGCAGCTTCTTCCTGTACAGCAAGCTGACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGCAACGTGTTCAGCTGCAGCGTGATGCACGAGGCCCTGCACAACCACT ACACCCAGAAGAGCCTGAGCCTGAGCCCCGGCAAGSEQ ID NO: 54 DIVMTQSHKFMSTSVGDRVSITCKASQDVSNAVAWYQ(P36-033 full light chain aa) QKPGQSPRLLIYWASFRHTGVPDRFTGSGSGTEYTLTISRVQAEDLALYYCQQHYNTPYTFGGGTRLEIKRADAAPTVSIFPPSSEQLTSGGASVVCFLNNFYPKDINVKWKIDGSERQNGVLNSWTDQDSKDSTYSMSSTLTLTKDEYERHNS YTCEATHKTSTSPIVKSFNRNECSEQ ID NO: 55 GACATCGTGATGACCCAGTCCCACAAGTTCATGAGCA(P36-033 full light chain nt) CCAGCGTGGGCGATCGGGTGTCCATCACCTGTAAGGCCTCCCAGGACGTGAGCAACGCCGTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCTGGCCAGTCCCCTCGGCTGCTGATCTATTGGGCTTCCTTCAGGCACACCGGCGTGCCCGATCGGTTCACCGGCTCCGGATCCGGCACCGAGTATACCCTGACCATCTCCCGGGTGCAGGCCGAGGATCTGGCTCTGTATTATTGTCAGCAGCACTACAATACCCCCTACACCTTCGGCGGCGGCACCAGGCTGGAGATCAAGAGAGCTGATGCTGCCCCCACCGTGAGCATCTTCCCTCCCTCCAGCGAGCAGCTGACCTCCGGCGGAGCCTCCGTGGTGTGCTTCCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAAGGATATCAACGTGAAGTGGAAGATCGACGGCAGCGAGCGGCAGAATGGCGTGCTGAACTCCTGGACCGACCAGGACAGCAAGGACTCCACCTATTCCATGTCCTCCACCCTGACCCTGACCAAGGATGAGTACGAGCGGCACAACAGCTATACCTGTGAGGCCACCCACAAGACCTCCACCTCCCCCATCGTGAAGTCCT TCAATAGGAATGAGTGC SEQ ID NO: 56EVMLVESGGGLVQPGGSRRLSCAASGFTFSSYPMFWVR (P36-033 full heavy chainQTPEKRMEWVAYISNGGDSTYYPDTVKGRFTVSRDNA aa)KNTLYLQMSSLKSVDTAIYYCVRPSARYDEWFAYWGQGTLVTVSAAKTTPPSVYPLAPGSAAQTNSMVTLGCLVKGYFPEPVTVTWNSGSLSSGVHTFPAVLQSDLYTLSSSVTVPSSTWPSETVTCNVAHPASSTKVDKKIVPRDCGCKPCICTVPEVSSVFIFPPKPKDVLTITLTPKVTCVVVDISKDDPEVQFSWFVDDVEVHTAQTQPREEQFNSTFRSVSELPIMHQDWLNGKEFKCRVNSAAFPAPIEKTISKTKGRPKAPQVYTIPPPKEQMAKDKVSLTCMITDFFPEDITVEWQWNGQPAENYKNTQPIMDTDGSYFVYSKLNVQKSNWEAGNTF TCSVLHEGLHNHHTEKSLSHSPGKSEQ ID NO: 57 GAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG(P36-033 full heavy chain CAGCCCGGCGGCAGCAGGAGGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCC nt)AGCGGCTTCACCTTCAGCAGCTACCCCATGTTCTGGGTGAGGCAGACCCCCGAGAAGAGGATGGAGTGGGTGGCCTACATCAGCAACGGCGGCGACAGCACCTACTACCCCGACACCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCGTGAGCAGGGACAACGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAGCAGCCTGAAGAGCGTGGACACCGCCATCTACTACTGCGTGAGGCCCAGCGCCAGGTACGACGAGTGGTTCGCCTACTGGGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTGACCGTGAGCAGCGCCAAGACCACCCCCCCCAGCGTGTACCCCCTGGCCCCCGGCAGCGCCGCCCAGACCAACAGCATGGTGACCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTGAAGGGCTACTTCCCCGAGCCCGTGACCGTGACCTGGAACAGCGGCAGCCTGAGCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCCGCCGTGCTGCAGAGCGACCTGTACACCCTGAGCAGCAGCGTGACCGTGCCCAGCAGCACCTGGCCCAGCGAGACCGTGACCTGCAACGTGGCCCACCCCGCCAGCAGCACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAGATCGTGCCCAGGGACTGCGGCTGCAAGCCCTGCATCTGCACCGTGCCCGAGGTGAGCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAAGCCCAAGGACGTGCTGACCATCACCCTGACCCCCAAGGTGACCTGCGTGGTGGTGGACATCAGCAAGGACGACCCCGAGGTGCAGTTCAGCTGGTTCGTGGACGACGTGGAGGTGCACACCGCCCAGACCCAGCCCAGGGAGGAGCAGTTCAACAGCACCTTCAGGAGCGTGAGCGAGCTGCCCATCATGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTTCAAGTGCAGGGTGAACAGCGCCGCCTTCCCCGCCCCCATCGAGAAGACCATCAGCAAGACCAAGGGCAGGCCCAAGGCCCCCCAGGTGTACACCATCCCCCCCCCCAAGGAGCAGATGGCCAAGGACAAGGTGAGCCTGACCTGCATGATCACCGACTTCTTCCCCGAGGACATCACCGTGGAGTGGCAGTGGAACGGCCAGCCCGCCGAGAACTACAAGAACACCCAGCCCATCATGGACACCGACGGCAGCTACTTCGTGTACAGCAAGCTGAACGTGCAGAAGAGCAACTGGGAGGCCGGCAACACCTTCACCTGCAGCGTGCTGCACGAGGGCCTGCACAACCACCACACCGAGAAGAGCC TGAGCCACAGCCCCGGCAAG SEQ ID NO: 58MKVLAAGVVPLLLVLHWKHGAGSPLPITPVNATCAIRH (Human LIF aa)PCHNNLMNQIRSQLAQLNGSANALFILYYTAQGEPFPNNLDKLCGPNVTDFPPFHANGTEKAKLVELYRIVVYLGTSLGNITRDQKILNPSALSLHSKLNATADILRGLLSNVLCRLCSKYHVGHVDVTYGPDTSGKDVFQKKKLGCQLLGKY KQIIAVLAQAF SEQ ID NO: 59MKVLAAGVVPLLLVLHWKHGAGSPLPITPVNATCAIRH (Mut3 aa)PCHNNLMNQIRSQLAQLNGSANALFILYYTAQGEPFPNNLDKLCGPNVTDFPPFHANGTEKAKLVELYRIVVYLGTSLGNITRDQKILNPSALSLHSKLNATADILRGLLSNVLCRLCSKYHVGHVDVTYGPDTSGKDVFQKKKLGCQLLGTY KQVISVVVQAF SEQ ID NO: 60MKVLAAGVVPLLLVLHWKHGAGSPLPITPVNATCAIRH (Mut4 aa)PCHNNLMNQIRSQLAQLNGSANALFILYYTAQGEPFPNNLDKLCGPNVTDFPPFHANGTEKAKLVELYRIVVYLGTSLGNITRDQKILNPSALSLHSKLNATADILRGLLSNVLCRLCSKYHVGHVDVPPVPDHSDKEAFQRKKLGCQLLGTY KQVISVVVQAF SEQ ID NO: 61TYGPDTSGKDVFQKK SEQ ID NO: 62 QVQLQESGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSHAWMHWV(5D8 full heavy chain aa) RQAPGKGLEWVGQIKAKSDDYATYYAESVKGRFTISRDDSKNTLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCTCWEWDLDFWGQGTMVTVSSASTKGPSVFPLAPSSKSTSGGTAALGCLVKDYFPEPVTVSWNSGALTSGVHTFPAVLQSSGLYSLSSVVTVPSSSLGTQTYICNVNHKPSNTKVDKRVEPKSCDKTHTCPPCPAPELLGGPSVFLFPPKPKDTLMISRTPEVTCVVVDVSHEDPEVKFNWYVDGVEVHNAKTKPREEQYNSTYRVVSVLTVLHQDWLNGKEYKCKVSNKALPAPIEKTISKAKGQPREPQVYTLPPSREEMTKNQVSLTCLVKGFYPSDIAVEWESNGQPENNYKTTPPVLDSDGSFFLYSKLTVDKSRWQQ GNVFSCSVMHEALHNHYTQKSLSLSPGKSEQ ID NO: 63 CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG(5D8 full heavy chain nt) AAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCCAGCGGCTTCACCTTCAGCCACGCCTGGATGCACTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGGTGGGCCAGATCAAGGCCAAGAGCGACGACTACGCCACCTACTACGCCGAGAGCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACGACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAAGACCGAGGACACCGCCGTGTACTACTGCACCTGCTGGGAGTGGGACCTGGACTTCTGGGGCCAGGGCACCATGGTGACCGTGAGCAGCGCCAGCACCAAGGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCCCCTGGCCCCCAGCAGCAAGAGCACCAGCGGCGGCACCGCCGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTGAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAGCCCGTGACCGTGAGCTGGAACAGCGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCCGCCGTGCTGCAGAGCAGCGGCCTGTACAGCCTGAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCAGCAGCAGCCTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAACCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAGGGTGGAGCCCAAGAGCTGCGACAAGACCCACACCTGCCCCCCCTGCCCCGCCCCCGAGCTGCTGGGCGGCCCCAGCGTGTTCCTGTTCCCCCCCAAGCCCAAGGACACCCTGATGATCAGCAGGACCCCCGAGGTGACCTGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAGGACCCCGAGGTGAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCACAACGCCAAGACCAAGCCCAGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACCTACAGGGTGGTGAGCGTGCTGACCGTGCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAACGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTGAGCAACAAGGCCCTGCCCGCCCCCATCGAGAAGACCATCAGCAAGGCCAAGGGCCAGCCCAGGGAGCCCCAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCCAGCAGGGAGGAGATGACCAAGAACCAGGTGAGCCTGACCTGCCTGGTGAAGGGCTTCTACCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAACGGCCAGCCCGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACCCCCCCCGTGCTGGACAGCGACGGCAGCTTCTTCCTGTACAGCAAGCTGACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGCAACGTGTTCAGCTGCAGCGTGATGCACGAGGCCCTGCACAACCACTACACCCAGAAGAGCCTGAGCCTGAGCCCCGGCAA G SEQ ID NO: 64DIVMTQTPLSSPVTLGQPASISCRSSQSLLDSDGHTYLN (5D8 full light chain aa)WLQQRPGQPPRLLIYSVSNLESGVPDRFSGSGAGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQATHAPPYTFGQGTKLEIKRTVAAPSVFIFPPSDEQLKSGTASVVCLLNNFYPREAKVQWKVDNALQSGNSQESVTEQDSKDSTYSLSSTLTLSKADYE KHKVYACEVTHQGLSSPVTKSFNRGECSEQ ID NO: 65 GACATCGTGATGACCCAGACCCCCCTGAGCAGCCCCG(5D8 full light chain nt) TGACCCTGGGCCAGCCCGCCAGCATCAGCTGCAGGAGCAGCCAGAGCCTGCTGGACAGCGACGGCCACACCTACCTGAACTGGCTGCAGCAGAGGCCCGGCCAGCCCCCCAGGCTGCTGATCTACAGCGTGAGCAACCTGGAGAGCGGCGTGCCCGACAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCGCCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGAAGATCAGCAGGGTGGAGGCCGAGGACGTGGGCGTGTACTACTGCATGCAGGCCACCCACGCCCCCCCCTACACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAAGCTGGAGATCAAGAGGACCGTGGCCGCCCCCAGCGTGTTCATCTTCCCCCCCAGCGACGAGCAGCTGAAGAGCGGCACCGCCAGCGTGGTGTGCCTGCTGAACAACTTCTACCCCAGGGAGGCCAAGGTGCAGTGGAAGGTGGACAACGCCCTGCAGAGCGGCAACAGCCAGGAGAGCGTGACCGAGCAGGACAGCAAGGACAGCACCTACAGCCTGAGCAGCACCCTGACCCTGAGCAAGGCCGACTACGAGAAGCACAAGGTGTACGCCTGCGAGGTGACCCACCAGGGCCTGAGCAGCCCCGTGACCAAGAGCTTCAACAGGG GCGAGTGC SEQ ID NO: 66 KASQDVSNAVA(P36-033 LCDR1 aa) SEQ ID NO: 67 WASFRHT (P36-033 LCDR2 aa)SEQ ID NO: 68 QQHYNTPYT (P36-033 LCDR3 aa) SEQ ID NO: 69 SYPMF(P36-033 HCDR1 aa) SEQ ID NO: 70 YISNGGDSTYYPDTVKG (P36-033 HCDR2 aa)SEQ ID NO: 71 PSARYDEWFAY (P36-033 HCDR3 aa) SEQ ID NO: 72GACATCGTGATGACCCAGTCCCACAAGTTCATGAGCA (P36-033 VL nt)CCAGCGTGGGCGATCGGGTGTCCATCACCTGTAAGGCCTCCCAGGACGTGAGCAACGCCGTGGCCTGGTATCAGCAGAAGCCTGGCCAGTCCCCTCGGCTGCTGATCTATTGGGCTTCCTTCAGGCACACCGGCGTGCCCGATCGGTTCACCGGCTCCGGATCCGGCACCGAGTATACCCTGACCATCTCCCGGGTGCAGGCCGAGGATCTGGCTCTGTATTATTGTCAGCAGCACTACAATACCCCCTACACCTTCGG CGGCGGCACCAGGCTGGAGATCAAGSEQ ID NO: 73 GAGGTGATGCTGGTGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG (P36-033 VH nt)CAGCCTGGAGGATCTCGGAGGCTGAGCTGTGCCGCCAGCGGCTTCACCTTCTCCTCCTATCCCATGTTCTGGGTGAGGCAGACCCCCGAGAAGCGGATGGAGTGGGTGGCCTATATCTCCAATGGCGGCGATTCCACCTATTATCCTGACACCGTGAAGGGCCGGTTCACCGTGAGCCGGGATAACGCCAAGAATACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAGCAGCCTGAAGTCCGTGGACACCGCTATCTACTATTGCGTGAGGCCCTCCGCTCGGTACGACGAGTGGTTCGCCTATTG GGGCCAGGGCACCCTGGTGACAGTGAGCGCTSEQ ID NO: 74 DIHMTQSPASLSASVGETVTITCRASENIYSYLAWYQQK (38E10E1C11 VL aa)QGKSPQLLVYNAKTLAEGVPSRFSGSGSGTQFSLKINSL QPEDFGSYYCQHHYVTPLTFGAGTKLELKRASEQ ID NO: 75 EVMLVESGGGLVKPGGSLKLSCAASGFIFSSYAMSWVR (38E10E1C11 VH aa)QSPETRLEWVATISSGGSNTYSPDSVKGRFTISRDNAKNTLYLQMSSLRSEDTAMYYCARYYGYYFDFWGQGTTLT VSS SEQ ID NO: 76GACATCCACATGACTCAGTCTCCAGCCTCCCTATCTG (38E10E1C11 VL nt)CATCTGTGGGAGAAACTGTCACCATCACATGTCGAGCAAGTGAGAATATTTACAGTTATTTAGCATGGTATCAGCAGAAACAGGGAAAATCTCCTCAGCTCCTGGTCTATAATGCAAAAACCTTAGCAGAAGGTGTGCCATCAAGGTTCAGTGGCAGTGGATCAGGCACACAGTTTTCTCTGAAGATCAACAGCCTGCAGCCTGAAGATTTTGGGAGTTATTACTGTCAACATCATTATGTTACTCCGCTCACGTTCGG TGCTGGGACCAAGCTGGAGCTGAAACGGGCTSEQ ID NO: 77 GAAGTGATGCTGGTGGAGTCTGGGGGAGGCTTAGTG (38E10E1C11 VH nt)AAGCCTGGAGGGTCCCTGAAACTCTCCTGTGCAGCCTCTGGATTCATTTTCAGTAGTTATGCCATGTCTTGGGTTCGCCAGAGTCCGGAGACGAGGCTGGAGTGGGTCGCAACCATTAGTAGTGGTGGTAGTAACACCTACTCTCCAGACAGTGTGAAGGGGCGATTCACCATCTCCAGAGACAATGCCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAAATGAGCAGTCTGAGGTCTGAGGACACGGCCATGTATTACTGTGCAAGATATTATGGTTACTACTTTGACTTCTGGGGCCAAGGC ACCACTCTCACAGTCTCCTCASEQ ID NO: 78 QVQLQESGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSHAWMHWV (5D8 VH aa)RQAPGKGLEWVGQIKAKSDDYATYYAESVKGRFTISRDDSKNTLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCTCWEWDLDFWGQG TMVTVSS SEQ ID NO: 79DIVMTQTPLSSPVTLGQPASISCRSSQSLLDSDGHTYLN (5D8 VL aa)WLQQRPGQPPRLLIYSVSNLESGVPDRFSGSGAGTDFTLKISRVEAEDVGVYYCMQATHAPPYTFGQGTKLEIKRTV SEQ ID NO: 80CAGGTGCAGCTGCAGGAGAGCGGCGGCGGCCTGGTG (5D8 VH nt)AAGCCCGGCGGCAGCCTGAGGCTGAGCTGCGCCGCCAGCGGCTTCACCTTCAGCCACGCCTGGATGCACTGGGTGAGGCAGGCCCCCGGCAAGGGCCTGGAGTGGGTGGGCCAGATCAAGGCCAAGAGCGACGACTACGCCACCTACTACGCCGAGAGCGTGAAGGGCAGGTTCACCATCAGCAGGGACGACAGCAAGAACACCCTGTACCTGCAGATGAACAGCCTGAAGACCGAGGACACCGCCGTGTACTACTGCACCTGCTGGGAGTGGGACCTGGACTTCTGGGG CCAGGGCACCATGGTGACCGTGAGCAGCSEQ ID NO: 81 GACATCGTGATGACCCAGACCCCCCTGAGCAGCCCCG (5D8 VL nt)TGACCCTGGGCCAGCCCGCCAGCATCAGCTGCAGGAGCAGCCAGAGCCTGCTGGACAGCGACGGCCACACCTACCTGAACTGGCTGCAGCAGAGGCCCGGCCAGCCCCCCAGGCTGCTGATCTACAGCGTGAGCAACCTGGAGAGCGGCGTGCCCGACAGGTTCAGCGGCAGCGGCGCCGGCACCGACTTCACCCTGAAGATCAGCAGGGTGGAGGCCGAGGACGTGGGCGTGTACTACTGCATGCAGGCCACCCACGCCCCCCCCTACACCTTCGGCCAGGGCACCAA GCTGGAGATCAAGAGGACCGTGSEQ ID NO: 82 DIVMTQSHKFMSTSVGDRVSITCKASQDVSNAVAWYQ (P36-033 VL aa)QKPGQSPRLLIYWASFRHTGVPDRFTGSGSGTEYTLTIS RVQAEDLALYYCQQHYNTPYTFGGGTRLEIKSEQ ID NO: 83 EVMLVESGGGLVQPGGSRRLSCAASGFTFSSYPMFWVR (P36-033 VH aa)QTPEKRMEWVAYISNGGDSTYYPDTVKGRFTVSRDNAKNTLYLQMSSLKSVDTAIYYCVRPSARYDEWFAYWGQ GTLVTVSA Notes: All amino acidnumbers of CDRs and framework regions are annotated according to the EUindex of the Kabat system (Kabat, E. A., et al. (1991) Sequences ofProteins of Immunological Interest, 5th Edition, U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services, NIH Publication No. 91-3242). All sequencesdo not include Signal peptide. aa: amino acid, nt: nucleotide.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts the binding ability of the LIF antibody of the inventionto human LIF protein;

FIG. 2 depicts the binding ability of the LIF antibody of the inventionto mouse LIF protein;

FIG. 3 depicts the binding ability of the LIF antibody of the inventionto machin LIF protein;

FIG. 4 depicts the affinity of the 38E10E1C11 antibody of the inventionbinding to the antigen;

FIG. 5 depicts the ability of the 38E10E1C11 antibody of the inventioncompeting with LIFR for binding to human LIF protein;

FIG. 6 depicts the ability of the P36-033 antibody competing with GP130receptor for binding to human LIF protein;

FIG. 7 depicts the cross-reaction of the 38E10E1C11 antibody and theP36-033 antibody of the invention with the IL-6 family protein;

FIG. 8 depicts that the 38E10E1C11R antibody of the invention recognizesdenatured human LIF protein; Subfigure A in FIG. 9 depicts that the38E10E1C11 antibody of the invention inhibits the phosphorylation ofcolon cancer cells (HCT116) induced by human LIF protein; Subfigure B inFIG. 9 depicts that the 38E10E1C11 antibody of the invention inhibitsthe phosphorylation of STAT3 in pancreatic cancer cells (KP4) induced byhuman LIF protein;

FIG. 10 depicts that the 38E10E1C11 antibody of the invention blocks theactivation of STAT3 in pancreatic cancer cells KP4 by human LIF secretedby CT26-hLIF cells;

FIG. 11 depicts that the P36-033 antibody of the invention inhibits thephosphorylation of STAT3 in colon cancer cells (HCT116) induced by humanLIF protein;

FIG. 12 depicts that the 38E1E1C11 and P36-033 antibodies of theinvention reverse the proliferation inhibition of M1 cells caused byLIF;

FIG. 13 depicts that the 38E1E1C11 antibody of the invention inhibitsthe growth of CT26-hLIF cells in BABL/c mice;

FIG. 14 depicts the sensitivity of three human pancreatic cancer celllines to stimulation by human LIF protein;

FIG. 15 depicts that the 38E10E1C11R antibody of the invention inhibitsthe phosphorylation of STAT3 in KP4 cells stimulated by LIF protein;Subfigure A in FIG. 16 depicts the experimental result of therecognition of full-length human LIF protein as well as heterozygous LIFprotein by the 38E10E1C11 antibody of the invention, and Subfigure B inFIG. 16 depicts the experimental result that 38E10E1C11 antibody of theinvention can reverse M1 cell proliferation inhibition caused byfull-length human LIF protein and heterozygous LIF protein;

FIG. 17A-FIG. 17D depict the experimental result of the antigen bindingproperties of the humanized anti-LIF antibody of the invention;

FIG. 18 depicts the experimental result of the non-specific bindingaffinity of the humanized anti-LIF antibody of the invention;

FIG. 19 depicts the experimental result of the humanized anti-LIFantibody of the invention competing with LIFR for binding human LIFprotein;

FIG. 20 depicts the experimental result of the humanized anti-LIFantibody of the invention competing with GP130 to bind human LIFprotein;

FIG. 21 depicts the experimental result of the humanized anti-LIFantibody of the invention recognizing antigen specificity;

Subfigure A in FIG. 22 depicts the experimental result of the humanizedanti-LIF antibody of the present invention recognizing full-length humanLIF proteins and heterozygous LIF proteins; and Subfigure B in FIG. 22depicts the experimental result of the humanized anti-LIF antibody ofthe invention blocking the inhibition of M1 cells proliferation byfull-length LIF protein and hybrid protein;

FIG. 23 depicts the experimental result of humanized anti-LIF antibodyof the invention inhibiting the phosphorylation of STAT3 induced by LIFprotein;

FIG. 24 depicts the experimental result that the humanized anti-LIFantibody of the invention can reverse the inhibition of M1 cellproliferation by human LIF protein.

FIG. 25 depicts LIF protein-induced phosphorylation level of STAT3inhibited by humanized anti-LIF antibody and total STAT3 level, detectedby HTFR method.

FIG. 26 depicts ADCC effect of humanized anti-LIF antibody.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Definitions

In order that the present description may be more readily understood,certain terms are first defined. Additional definitions are set forththroughout the detailed description.

The term “LIF” as used herein refers to leukemia inhibitory factor. Theamino acid sequence of LIF is publicly available (Ref Seq NM_001257135).In some embodiments, LIF can be human LIF, mouse LIF (Ref SeqNM_001039537.2), or machin LIF (XM_015457518.1). As described elsewhereherein, LIF can be recombinant and/or glycosylated or non-glycosylated.

The term “antibody” as used herein may include whole antibodies and anyantigen binding fragments (i.e., “antigen-binding portions”) or singlechains thereof. An “antibody” refers, in one embodiment, to aglycoprotein or an antigen binding portion thereof comprising at leasttwo heavy (H) chains and two light (L) chains inter-connected bydisulfide bonds. Each heavy chain is comprised of a heavy chain variableregion (abbreviated herein as VH) and a heavy chain constant region. Insome naturally occurring IgG, IgD and IgA antibodies, the heavy chainconstant region is comprised of three domains, CH1, CH2 and CH3. In somenaturally occurring antibodies, each light chain is comprised of a lightchain variable region (abbreviated herein as VL) and a light chainconstant region. The light chain constant region is comprised of onedomain, CL. The VH and VL regions can be further subdivided into regionsof hypervariability, termed complementarity determining regions (CDR),and regions that are more conserved, termed framework regions (FR), bothof which are intermingled arrangement. Herein, the CDRs of the VH regionare abbreviated as HCDR, that is, the three CDRs of the VH region can beabbreviated as HCDR1, HCDR2, and HCDR3; the CDRs of the VL region areabbreviated as LCDR, that is, the three CDRs of the VL region can beabbreviated as LCDR1, LCDR2. LCDR3. Each VH and VL is composed of threeCDRs and four FRs, arranged from amino-terminus to carboxy-terminus inthe following order: FR1, CDR1, FR2, CDR2, FR3, CDR3, FR4. The variableregions of the heavy and light chains contain a binding domain thatinteracts with an antigen. The constant regions of the antibodies maymediate the binding of the immunoglobulin to host tissues or factors,including various cells of the immune system (e.g., effector cells) andthe first component of the classical complement system (C1q).

The heavy chain of an antibody may or may not contain a terminal lysine(K), or a terminal glycine and lysine (GK). Thus, any of the heavy chainsequences and heavy chain constant region sequences provided herein canend in either GK or K, or lack K or GK, regardless of what the lastamino acid of the sequence provides. This is because the terminal lysineand sometimes glycine and lysine are cleaved during expression of theantibody.

Antibodies typically bind specifically to their cognate antigen withhigh affinity, reflected by a dissociation constant (K_(D)) of 10⁻⁷ to10⁻¹¹M or less. Any K_(D) greater than about 10⁻⁶ M is generallyconsidered to indicate binding nonspecifically. As used herein, anantibody that “binds specifically” to an antigen refers to an antibodythat binds to the antigen and substantially identical antigens with highaffinity, which means having a K_(D) of 10⁻⁷ M or less, preferably 10⁻⁸Mor less, even more preferably 5×10⁻⁹ M or less, and most preferablybetween 10⁻⁸ M and 10⁻¹⁰ M or less, but does not bind with high affinityto unrelated antigens. An antigen is “substantially identical” to agiven antigen if it exhibits a high degree of sequence identity to thegiven antigen, for example, if it exhibits at least 80%, at least 90%,at least 95%, at least 97%, or at least 99% or greater sequence identityto the sequence of the given antigen.

An immunoglobulin may be from any of the commonly known isotypes,including but not limited to IgA, secretory IgA, IgG and IgM. The IgGisotype is divided in subclasses in some species: IgG1, IgG2, IgG3 andIgG4 in humans, and IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG3 in mice. In certainembodiments, the anti-LIF antibodies described herein are of the humanIgG1 or IgG2 subtype. Immunoglobulins, e.g., human IgG1, exist inseveral allotypes, which differ from each other in at most a few aminoacids. “Antibody” may include, by way of example, both naturallyoccurring and non-naturally occurring antibodies; monoclonal andpolyclonal antibodies; chimeric and humanized antibodies; human andnonhuman antibodies; wholly synthetic antibodies; and single chainantibodies.

The term “antigen-binding portion” of an antibody or “antigen-bindingfragment” of an antibody, as used herein, refers to one or morefragments of an antibody that retain the ability to specifically bind toan antigen. It has been shown that the antigen-binding function of anantibody can be performed by fragments of a full-length antibody.Examples of binding fragments encompassed within the term“antigen-binding portion” of an antibody, e.g., an anti-LIF antibodydescribed herein, include (i) a Fab fragment, which is a monovalentfragment consisting of the VL, VH, CL and CH1 domains; (ii) a F(ab′)2fragment, which is a bivalent fragment comprising two Fab fragmentslinked by a disulfide bridge at the hinge region; (iii) a Fd fragmentconsisting of the VH and CH1 domains; (iv) a Fv fragment consisting ofthe VL and VH domains of a single arm of an antibody, (v) a dAb fragment(Ward et al., (1989) Nature 341:544-546), which consists of a VH domain;and (vi) an isolated complementarity determining region (CDR) or (vii) acombination of two or more isolated CDRs which may optionally be linkedby a synthetic linker. Furthermore, although the two domains of the Fvfragment, VL and VH, are encoded for by different genes, they can belinked, using recombinant methods, by a synthetic linker that enablesthem to be made as a single protein chain in which the VL and VH regionspair to form monovalent molecules known as single chain Fv (scFv); seee.g., Bird et al. (1988) Science 242:423-426; and Huston et al. (1988)Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:5879-5883). Such single chain antibodiesare also intended to be encompassed within the term “antigen-bindingportion” of an antibody. These and other potential constructs aredescribed at Chan & Carter (2010) Nat. Rev. Immunol. 10:301. Theseantibody fragments are obtained using conventional techniques known tothose with skill in the art, and the fragments are screened for utilityin the same manner as intact antibodies. Antigen-binding portions can beproduced by recombinant DNA techniques, or by enzymatic or chemicalcleavage of intact immunoglobulins.

The term “amino acid sequence of conservative modifications form” refersto the amino acid modifications that do not significantly affect oralter the binding characteristics of the antibody containing the aminoacid sequence, and the modifications include amino acid substitutions,additions and deletions. Modifications can be introduced into anantibody of the invention by standard techniques, such as site-directedmutagenesis and PCR-mediated mutagenesis. Conservative amino acidsubstitutions are ones in which the amino acid residue is replaced withan amino acid residue having a similar side chain. Families of aminoacid residues having similar side chains have been defined in the art.These families include amino acids with basic side chains (e.g., lysine,arginine, histidine), acidic side chains (e.g., aspartic acid, glutamicacid), uncharged polar side chains (e.g., glycine, asparagine,glutamine, serine, threonine, tyrosine, cysteine, tryptophan), nonpolarside chains (e.g., alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline,phenylalanine, methionine), beta-branched side chains (e.g., threonine,valine, isoleucine) and aromatic side chains (e.g., tyrosine,phenylalanine, tryptophan, histidine). Thus, one or more amino acidresidues within the CDR regions of an antibody of the invention can bereplaced with other amino acid residues from the same side chain familyand the altered antibody can be tested for retained function using thefunctional assays described herein. Preferably, the conservativemodifications are no more than one or two in number.

Modification of the amino acid sequences described herein is desirablein the invention, especially those human heavy chain constant regions toadapt the sequence to the desired allotype, such as those found in Asianpopulations.

For example, one or more CDRs or CDR groups of an antibody can begrafted into a framework (such as a human framework) to provide anantibody molecule. The framework regions can be human germline ornon-germline gene sequences. In this way the framework can be germline,where one or more residues in the framework can be exchanged to matchthe residues in the most similar human germline framework at acomparable position. In this way, the binding member of the inventionmay be an isolated VH domain having a HCDR group within a human germlineframework, for example, a human germline IgG VH framework. The bindingmember may also have a VL domain containing the LCDR group, such as inthe human germline IgG VL framework.

The VH and/or VL scaffold residues can be modified as discussed, asexemplified herein, such as using site-directed mutagenesis. The VH orVL domains, or binding members of the invention include such VL domains.

Changes can be made in one or more framework regions and/or one or moreCDRs, the changes usually do not result in a loss of function, so abinding member comprising such changed amino acid sequence shouldmaintain the ability to bind and/or neutralize LIF. It can maintain thesame number of binding and/or neutralizing capabilities as the bindingmembers that have not changed, as measured by the analytical methoddescribed herein. A binding member comprising such changed amino acidsequence may have an improved ability to bind and/or neutralize LIF.

Changes can include the replacement of one or more amino acid residueswith non-naturally occurring or non-standard amino acids, modifying oneor more amino acid residues into a non-naturally occurring ornon-standard form, or inserting one or more non-naturally occurring ornon-standard amino acids into the sequence. Examples of the location andnumber of changes in the sequence of the invention are describedelsewhere herein. Naturally occurring amino acids include the 20“standard” L-amino acids identified as G, A, V, L, I, M, P, F, W, S, T,N, Q, Y, C, K, R, H, D, E by their standard one-letter codes.Non-standard amino acids include any other residues that can beincorporated into the polypeptide backbone or modified from existingamino acid residues. Non-standard amino acids can be naturally occurringor non-naturally occurring. Several naturally occurring non-standardamino acids are known in the art, such as 4-hydroxyproline,5-hydroxylysine, 3-methylhistidine, N-ethylserine, etc. (Voet & Voet,1995, Biochemistry, 2nd Edition, (Wiley)). Those amino acid residuesderivatized at their N-α position will only be positioned at theN-terminus of the amino acid sequence. Generally, the amino acid in theinvention is an L-amino acid, but it may be a D-amino acid. Thereforechanges may include modification with L-amino acids or replacement ofL-amino acids with D-amino acids. The formylated, acetylated and/orphosphorylated forms of amino acids are known, and the amino acids ofthe invention can be modified as such.

The amino acid sequences in the binding members and antibody domains ofthe invention may include the unnatural or non-standard amino acidsdescribed above. Non-standard amino acids (such as D-amino acids) can beincorporated into the amino acid sequence during synthesis, or bymodification or substitution of “original” standard amino acids afteramino acid synthesis.

The use of non-standard and/or non-naturally occurring amino acidsimproves the diversity of structure and function, and can increase thepotential to achieve the desired LIF binding and neutralizing propertiesin the binding members of the invention. In addition, compared withstandard L-amino acids, D-amino acids and their analogs have been shownto have better pharmacokinetic properties due to the degradation ofpolypeptides with L-amino acids in vivo after administration to animalssuch as humans.

The generation of the new VH or VL region with CDR-derived sequences ofthe invention can use one or more random mutagenesis selected from VHand/or VL genes to generate mutants in all the variant regions. Suchtechnique is described in Gram et al. (Gram et al., 1992, Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci., USA, 89: 3576-3580), which uses error-prone PCR. In someembodiments, one or more amino acid substitutions are made in allvariant regions or CDR groups.

Another method that can be used is targeted mutagenesis of the CDRregions of VH or VL genes. Such method is published by Barbas et al.(Barbas et al., 1994, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci., USA, 91: 3809-3813) andSchier et al. (Schier et al., 1996, J. Mol. Biol. 263: 551-567).

All the methods described above are known in the art, and those skilledin the art will be able to use such methods and adopt conventionalmethods in the art to provide binding members of the invention.

Any VH and VL domain amino acid sequence variants with the specificsequences disclosed herein can be used in accordance with the invention,as discussed. Specific variants may include one or more amino acidsequence changes (additions, deletions, substitutions and/or insertionsof amino acid residues). In some embodiments, the variant has less thanabout 17, less than 9, or less than 5 such changes.

As shown above, the CDR amino acid sequence substantially as describedherein can be carried as a CDR in a human antibody variant structureregion or most of it. The HCDR3 sequence substantially as describedherein represents an embodiment of the invention, each of these can becarried as a CDR in a human antibody variant region or most of it,optionally in combination with HCDR1, HCDR2, LCDR1, LCDR2, and LCDR3 ofthe invention.

The term “monoclonal antibody,” as used herein, refers to an antibodythat displays a single binding specificity and affinity for a specificepitope or a composition of antibodies in which all antibodies display asingle binding specificity and affinity for a specific epitope.Typically such monoclonal antibodies will be derived from a singleantibody encoding cell or nucleic acid, and will be propagated withoutintentionally introducing any sequence alterations. Accordingly, theterm “human monoclonal antibody” refers to a monoclonal antibody thathas variable and optional constant regions derived from human germlineimmunoglobulin sequences. In one embodiment, human monoclonal antibodiesare produced by a hybridoma, for example, obtained by fusing a B cellderived from a transgenic or transchromosomal non-human animal (e.g., atransgenic mouse having a genome comprising a human heavy chaintransgene and a light chain transgene), with an immortalized cell. Theterm “mAb” refers to monoclonal antibodies.

The term “recombinant human antibody,” as used herein, includes allhuman antibodies that are prepared, expressed, produced or isolated byrecombinant means, such as (a) antibodies isolated from an animal (e.g.,a mouse) that is transgenic or transchromosomal for human immunoglobulingenes or a hybridoma prepared therefrom, (b) antibodies isolated from ahost cell transformed to express the antibody, e.g., from atransfectoma, (c) antibodies isolated from a recombinant, combinatorialhuman antibody library, and (d) antibodies prepared, expressed, producedor isolated by any other means that involve splicing of humanimmunoglobulin gene sequences to other DNA sequences. Such recombinanthuman antibodies comprise variable and constant regions that utilizespecific human germline immunoglobulin sequences and are encoded by thegermline genes, but include subsequent rearrangements and mutations thatoccur, for example, during antibody maturation. As known in the art(see, e.g., Lonberg (2005) Nature Biotech. 23(9): 1117-1125), thevariable region contains the antigen binding domain, which is encoded byvarious genes that rearrange to form an antibody specific for aexogenous antigen. In addition to rearrangement, the variable region canbe further modified by multiple single amino acid changes (referred toas somatic mutation or hypermutation) to increase the affinity of theantibody to the exogenous antigen. The constant region will change infurther response to an antigen (i.e., isotype switch). Therefore, therearranged and somatically mutated nucleic acid sequences that encodethe light chain and heavy chain immunoglobulin polypeptides in responseto an antigen may not be identical to the original germline sequences,but instead will be substantially identical or similar (i.e., have atleast 80% identity).

A “human” antibody (HuMAb) refers to an antibody having variable regionsin which both the framework and CDR regions are derived from humangermline immunoglobulin sequences. Furthermore, if the antibody containsa constant region, the constant region is also derived from humangermline immunoglobulin sequences. The antibodies described herein mayinclude amino acid residues not encoded by human germline immunoglobulinsequences (e.g., mutations introduced by random or site-specificmutagenesis in vitro or by somatic mutation in vivo). However, the term“human antibody”, as used herein, is not intended to include antibodiesin which CDR sequences derived from the germline of another mammalianspecies, such as a mouse, have been grafted onto human frameworksequences. The terms “human” antibodies and “fully human” antibodies areused synonymously.

A “humanized” antibody refers to an antibody in which some, most or allof the amino acids outside the CDR domains of a non-human antibody arereplaced with corresponding amino acids derived from humanimmunoglobulins. In one embodiment of an antibody in humanized form,some, most or all of the amino acids outside the CDR domains have beenreplaced with amino acids from human immunoglobulins, whereas some, mostor all amino acids within one or more CDR regions are unchanged. Smalladditions, deletions, insertions, substitutions or modifications ofamino acids are permissible as long as they do not abrogate the abilityof the antibody to bind to a specific antigen. A “humanized” antibodyretains an antigenic specificity similar to that of the originalantibody.

A “chimeric antibody” refers to an antibody in which the variableregions are derived from one species and the constant regions arederived from another species, such as an antibody in which the variableregions are derived from a mouse antibody and the constant regions arederived from a human antibody.

The functional antibody fragments of the invention include anyfunctional fragments whose half-life period is increased by chemicalmodification such as by PEGylation or incorporation into liposomes.

The antibodies of the invention include bispecific antibodies.Bispecific or bifunctional antibodies form second-generation monoclonalantibodies, in which two different variant regions are combined into thesame molecule (Holliger and Bohlen, 1999 Cancer and metastasis rev. 18:411-419). For their ability to recruit new effector functions or totarget some molecules on the surface of tumor cells, their applicationsin the field of diagnosis and treatment have been elucidated. Whenbispecific antibodies are used, for example, hybridomas that arechemically prepared or derived from hybrid, can be conventionalbispecific antibodies, which can be manufactured in various ways(HolligerP. & Winter G. Current Opinion Biotechnol. 4, 446-449: 1993),or can be any of the bispecific antibody fragments mentioned above.These antibodies can be obtained by chemical methods or somatic methods,but equally and preferably genetic engineering methods, which allowheterodimerization to be carried out, and facilitates the purificationprocess of the obtained antibodies. Examples of bispecific antibodiesinclude those of the BiTE™ method, in which the binding domains of twoantibodies with different specificities can be used and linked directlyby a short flexible peptide. This combines two antibodies on a shortsingle polypeptide chain. The diabody and scFc are constructed withoutthe Fc region, only variant region is used, which potentially reducingthe effect of the anti-idiotypic response.

Bispecific antibodies can be constructed as full IgG, bispecific(Fab′)2, (Fab)PEG, diabody or other bispecific scFv. Furthermore, twobispecific antibodies can be linked to form a tetravalent antibody usingconventional methods known in the art.

Compared with bispecific whole antibodies, bispecific diabodies are alsoparticularly useful because they can be easily constructed and expressedin E. coli. Using a phage display library (WO1994/13804), diabodies (andmany other polypeptides, such as antibody fragments) with appropriatebinding specificity can be easily selected. If one arm of the diabody iskept constant, then a library is prepared, in which the other arms aremutated, and antibodies of appropriate specificity are selected.Bispecific whole antibodies can be prepared by different engineeringmethods, which are described in Ridgeway et al. (Ridgeway, J. B. B. etal., Protein Eng. 9, 616-621, 1996) or WO1996/27011, WO1998/50431 andWO2006/028936.

A “modified heavy chain constant region” refers to a heavy chainconstant region comprising the constant domains CH1, hinge, CH2, andCH3, wherein one or more of the constant domains are from a differentisotype (e.g. IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4). In some embodiments, the modifiedconstant region includes a human IgG2 CH1 domain and a human IgG2 hingefused to a human IgG1 CH2 domain and a human IgG1 CH3 domain. In certainembodiments, such modified constant regions also include amino acidmodifications within one or more of the domains relative to the wildtypeamino acid sequence.

As used herein, “isotype” refers to the antibody class (e.g., IgG1,IgG2, IgG3, IgG4, IgM, IgA1, IgA2, IgD, and IgE antibody) that isencoded by the heavy chain constant region genes.

“Allotype” refers to naturally occurring variants in a specific isotypegroup, which variants differ in a few amino acids (see, e.g., Jefferiset al. (2009) mAbs 1: 1). Antibodies described herein may be of anyallotype.

Unless specified otherwise herein, all amino acid numbers are accordingto the EU index of the Kabat system (Kabat, E. A., et al. (1991)Sequences of Proteins of Immunological Interest, Fifth Edition, U.S.Department of Health and Human Services, NIH Publication No. 91-3242).

The terms “an antibody recognizing an antigen” and “an antibody specificfor an antigen” are used interchangeably herein with the term “anantibody which binds specifically to an antigen.”

The term “an isolated antibody,” as used herein, is intended to refer toan antibody that is substantially free of other antibodies havingdifferent antigenic specificities (e.g., an isolated antibody thatspecifically binds to LIF is substantially free of antibodies thatspecifically bind antigens other than LIF). An isolated antibody thatspecifically binds to an epitope of LIF may, however, havecross-reactivity to other LIF proteins from different species.

An “effector function” refers to the interaction of an antibody Fcregion with an Fc receptor or ligand, or a biochemical event thatresults therefrom. Exemplary “effector functions” include C1q binding,complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC), Fc receptor binding,FcγR-mediated effector functions such as ADCC and antibody dependentcell-mediated hagocytosis (ADCP), and downregulation of a cell surfacereceptor (e.g., the B cell receptor; BCR). Such effector functionsgenerally require the Fc region to be combined with a binding domain(e.g., an antibody variable domain).

An “Fc receptor” or “FcR” is a receptor that binds to the Fc region ofan immunoglobulin. FcRs that bind to an IgG antibody comprise receptorsof the FcγR family, including allelic variants and alternatively splicedforms of these receptors. The FcγR family consists of three activatingreceptors (FcγRI, FcγRIII, and FcγRIV in mice; FcγRIA, FcγRIIA, andFcγRIIIA in humans) and one inhibitory receptor (FcγRIIB). Variousproperties of human FcγRs are summarized in Table A. The majority ofinnate effector cell types coexpress one or more activating FcγR and theinhibitory FcγRIIB, whereas natural killer (NK) cells selectivelyexpress one activating Fc receptor (FcγRIII in mice and FcγRIIIA inhumans) but does not express the inhibitory FcγRIIB in mice and humans.Human IgG1 binds to most human Fc receptors and is considered that thetypes of activating Fc receptors which it binds to are equivalent tomurine IgG2a.

TABLE A Properties of human FcγRs Allelic Affinity for Isotype Fcγvariants human IgG preference Cellular distribution FcγRI None High (KDIgG1 = 3 > 4 >> 2 Monocytes, macrophages, described ~10 nM) activatedneutrophils, dentritic cells FcγRIIA H131 Low to IgG1 > 3 > 2 > 4Neutrophils, monocytes, medium macrophages, eosinophils, R131 Low IgG1 >3 > 4 > 2 dentritic cells, platelets FcγRIIIA V158 Medium IgG1 = 3 >>4 > 2 NK cell, monocytes, F158 Low IgG1 = 3 >> 4 > 2 macrophages, mastcells, eosinophils, dentritic cell FcγRIIB 1232 Low IgG1 = 3 = 4 > 2 Bcells, monocytes, T232 Low IgG1 = 3 = 4 > 2 macrophages, dentriticcells, mast cells

A “hinge”, “hinge domain” or “hinge region” or “antibody hinge region”refers to the domain of a heavy chain constant region that links the CH1domain to the CH2 domain and includes the upper, middle, and lowerportions of the hinge (Roux et al. J. Immunol. 1998 161:4083). The hingeprovides varying levels of flexibility between the binding and effectorregions of an antibody and also provides sites for intermoleculardisulfide bonding between the two heavy chain constant regions.

The term “hinge” includes wildtype hinges, as well as variants thereof(e.g., non-naturally-occurring hinges or modified hinges). For example,the term “IgG2 hinge” includes wildtype IgG2 hinge, and variants having1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1-3, 1-5, 3-5 and/or at most 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 mutations,e.g., substitutions, deletions or additions.

The term “CH1 domain” refers to the heavy chain constant region linkingthe variable domain to the hinge in a heavy chain constant domain. Theterm “CH1 domain” includes wildtype CH1 domains, as well as variantsthereof (e.g., non-naturally-occurring CH1 domains or modified CH1domains). For example, the term “CH1 domain” includes wildtype CH1domains and variants thereof having 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1-3, 1-5, 3-5 and/orat most 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1 mutations, e.g., substitutions, deletions oradditions. Exemplary CH1 domains include CH1 domains with mutations thatchange a biological activity of an antibody, such as ADCC, CDC orhalf-life period.

The term “CH2 domain” refers to the heavy chain constant region linkingthe hinge in a heavy chain constant domain to the CH3 domain. The term“CH2 domain” includes wildtype CH2 domains, as well as variants thereof(e.g., non-naturally-occurring CH2 domains or modified CH2 domains). Forexample, the term “CH2 domain” includes wildtype CH2 domains andvariants thereof having 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1-3, 1-5, 3-5 and/or at most 5,4, 3, 2, or 1 mutations, e.g., substitutions, deletions or additions.Exemplary CH2 domains include CH2 domains with mutations that change abiological activity of an antibody, such as ADCC, CDC or half-lifeperiod.

The term “CH3 domain” refers to the heavy chain constant region that isC-terminal to the CH2 domain in a heavy chain constant domain. The term“CH3 domain” includes wildtype CH3 domains, as well as variants thereof(e.g., non-naturally-occurring CH3 domains or modified CH3 domains). Forexample, the term “CH3 domain” includes wildtype CH3 domains andvariants thereof having 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1-3, 1-5, 3-5 and/or at most 5,4, 3, 2, or 1 mutations, e.g., substitutions, deletions or additions.Exemplary CH3 domains include CH3 domains with mutations that change abiological activity of an antibody, such as ADCC, CDC or half-lifeperiod.

A “CL domain” refers to the constant domain of a light chain. The term“CL domain” includes wildtype CL domains and variants thereof.

A “native sequence Fc region” or “native sequence Fc” comprises an aminoacid sequence that is identical to the amino acid sequence of an Fcregion found in nature. Native sequence human Fc regions include anative sequence human IgGl Fc region; native sequence human IgG2 Fcregion; native sequence human IgG3 Fc region; and native sequence humanIgG4 Fc region as well as naturally occurring variants thereof. Nativesequence Fc includes the various allotypes of Fcs (see, e.g., Jefferiset al. (2009) mAbs 1: 1).

The term “epitope” or “antigenic determinant” refers to a site on anantigen (e.g., LIF) to which an immunoglobulin or antibody specificallybinds. Epitopes within protein antigens can be formed both fromcontiguous amino acids (usually a linear epitope) or noncontiguous aminoacids juxtaposed by tertiary folding of the protein (usually aconformational epitope). Epitopes formed from contiguous amino acids aretypically, but not always, retained when exposing to denaturingsolvents, whereas epitopes formed by tertiary folding are typically lostwhen treating with denaturing solvents. An epitope typically includes atleast 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 amino acids in aunique spatial conformation. Methods for determining what epitopes arebound by a given antibody (i.e., epitope mapping) are well known in theart and include, for example, immunoblotting and immunoprecipitationanalysis, wherein overlapping or contiguous peptides (e.g., from LIF)are tested for reactivity with a given antibody (e.g., anti-LIFantibody). Methods of determining spatial conformation of epitopesinclude techniques in the art and those described herein, for example,x-ray crystallography, 2-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance andHDX-MS (see, e.g., Epitope Mapping Protocols in Methods in MolecularBiology, Vol. 66, G. E. Morris, Ed. (1996)).

Antibodies that “compete with another antibody for binding to a target”refer to antibodies that inhibit (partially or completely inhibit) thebinding of another antibody to the target. Whether the two antibodiescompete with each other for binding to a target, i.e., whether and towhat extent one antibody inhibits the binding of another antibody to atarget, may be determined using known competition experiments, such asthose described in the Examples. In certain embodiments, an antibodycompetes with another antibody, and inhibits at least 10%, 20%, 30%,40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% or 100% of the binding. The extent ofinhibition or competition may be different depending on which antibodyis the “blocking antibody” (i.e., the cold antibody that is incubatedfirst with the target). Competition assays can be conducted asdescribed, for example, in Ed Harlow and David Lane, Cold Spring HarbPro toe; 2006; doi: 10.1101/pdb.prot4277 or in Chapter 11 of “UsingAntibodies” by Ed Harlow and David Lane, Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryPress, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., USA 1999. Competing antibodies bind tothe same epitope, the overlapping epitope or to the adjacent epitopes(e.g., as evidenced by steric hindrance).

Other competitive binding assays include: solid phase direct or indirectradioimmunoassay (RIA), solid phase direct or indirect enzymeimmunoassay (EIA), sandwich competition assay (see Stahli et al.,Methods in Enzymology 9:242 (1983)); solid phase direct biotin-avidinEIA (see Kirkland et al., J. Immunol. 137:3614 (1986)); solid phasedirect labeled assay, solid phase direct labeled sandwich analysis (seeHarlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring HarborPress (1988)); solid phase direct label RIA using 1-125 label (see Morelet al., Mol. Immunol. 25(1):7 (1988)); solid phase direct biotin-avidinEIA (Cheung et al., Virology 176:546 (1990)); and direct labeled RIA.(Moldenhauer et al., Scand. J. Immunol. 32:77 (1990)).

The term “Kassoc” or “Ka”, as used herein, is intended to refer to theassociation rate constant of a specific antibody-antigen interaction,whereas the term “Kdis” or “Kd” as used herein, is intended to refer tothe dissociation rate constant of a specific antibody-antigeninteraction. The term “K_(D)”, as used herein, is intended to refer tothe equilibrium dissociation constant, which is obtained from the ratioof Kd to Ka (i.e., Kd/Ka) and is expressed as a molar concentration (M).K_(D) values of antibodies can be determined using methods wellestablished in the art. A preferred method for determining the K_(D) ofan antibody is to analyze by using surface plasmon resonance, preferablyusing a biosensor system such as a Biacore® surface plasmon resonancesystem or flow cytometry and Scatchard.

The term “EC50” in the context of an in vitro or in vivo assay using anantibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, refers to theconcentration of an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof thatinduces a response that is 50% of the maximal response, i.e., halfwaybetween the maximal response and the baseline.

The term “IC50”, in functional analysis, IC50 is the concentration ofthe binding member that can reduce the biological response to 50% of itsmaximum value, taking nM as the unit. In ligand-binding studies, IC50 isthe concentration that reduces receptor binding to 50% of the maximumspecific binding level. The IC50 can be calculated by plotting thepercentage of the maximum biological activity response as a function ofthe log of the binding member concentration, and using a softwareprogram such as Origin (OriginLab Software Company, Northampton, Mass.,USA) to fit the S function to the data to generate the IC50 value. Thepotency is determined or measured using one or more analytical methodsknown to those skilled in the art and/or described or referenced herein.The neutralizing potency of the binding members can be expressed as thegeomean.

The term “naturally-occurring” as used herein as applied to an objectrefers to the fact that an object can be found in nature. For example, apolypeptide or polynucleotide sequence that is present in an organism(including viruses) that can be isolated from a source in nature andwhich has not been intentionally modified by man in the laboratory isnaturally-occurring.

A “polypeptide” refers to a chain comprising at least two consecutivelylinked amino acid residues, with no upper limit on the length of thechain. One or more amino acid residues in the protein may contain amodification such as, but not limited to, glycosylation, phosphorylationor a disulfide bond. A “protein” may comprise one or more polypeptides.

The term “nucleic acid molecule,” as used herein, is intended to includeDNA molecules and RNA molecules. A nucleic acid molecule may be a singlechain or a double chain, and may be cDNA. Also provided are“conservative sequence modifications” of the sequences set forth in SEQID NOs described herein, i.e., nucleotide and amino acid sequencemodifications which do not abrogate the binding of the antibody encodedby the nucleotide sequence or containing the amino acid sequence, to theantigen. Such conservative sequence modifications include conservativenucleotide and amino acid substitutions, as well as, nucleotide andamino acid additions and deletions. For example, modifications can beintroduced into SEQ ID NOs described herein by standard techniques knownin the art, such as site-directed mutagenesis and PCR-mediatedmutagenesis. Conservative sequence modifications include conservativeamino acid substitutions, in which the amino acid residue is replacedwith an amino acid residue having a similar side chain. Families ofamino acid residues having similar side chains have been defined in theart. These families include amino acids with basic side chains (e.g.,lysine, arginine, histidine), acidic side chains (e.g., aspartic acid,glutamic acid), uncharged polar side chains (e.g., glycine, asparagine,glutamine, serine, threonine, tyrosine, cysteine, tryptophan), nonpolarside chains (e.g., alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline,phenylalanine, methionine), beta-branched side chains (e.g., threonine,valine, isoleucine) and aromatic side chains (e.g., tyrosine,phenylalanine, tryptophan, histidine).

For nucleic acids, the term “substantial identity” indicates that twonucleic acids, or designated sequences thereof, when optimally alignedand compared, are identical, with appropriate nucleotide insertions ordeletions, in at least about 80% of the nucleotides, usually at leastabout 90% to 95%, and more preferably at least about 98% to 99.5% of thenucleotides. Alternatively, substantial identity exists when thesegments will hybridize under selective hybridization conditions, to thecomplement of the chain.

For polypeptides, the term “substantial identity” indicates that twopolypeptides, or designated sequences thereof, when optimally alignedand compared, are identical, with appropriate amino acid insertions ordeletions, in at least about 80% of the amino acids, usually at leastabout 90% to 95%, and more preferably at least about 98% to 99.5% of theamino acids.

The identity % between two sequences is a function of the number ofidentical positions shared by the sequences when the sequences areoptimally aligned (i.e., identity %=number of identical positions/totalnumber of positions×100), with optimal alignment determined taking intoaccount the number of gaps, and the length of each gap, which need to beintroduced for optimal alignment of the two sequences. The comparison ofsequences and determination of percent identity between two sequencescan be accomplished using a mathematical algorithm, as described in thenon-limiting examples below.

The percent identity between two nucleotide sequences can be determinedusing the GAP program in the GCG software package (available athttp://www.gcg.com), using a NWSgapdna.CMP matrix and a gap weight of40, 50, 60, 70, or 80 and a length weight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Thepercent identity between two nucleotide or amino acid sequences can alsobe determined using the algorithm of E. Meyers and W. Miller (CABIOS, 4:11-17 (1989)) which has been incorporated into the ALIGN program(version 2.0), using a PAM120 weight residue table, a gap length penaltyof 12 and a gap penalty of 4. In addition, the percent identity betweentwo amino acid sequences can be determined using the algorithm ofNeedleman and Wunsch (J. Mol. Biol. (48):444-453 (1970)) which has beenincorporated into the GAP program in the GCG software package (availableat http://www.gcg.com), using either a Blossum 62 matrix or a PAM250matrix, and a gap weight of 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, or 4 and a lengthweight of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

The nucleic acid and protein sequences described herein can further beused as a “query sequence” to perform searches against public databasesto, for example, identify related sequences. Such searches can beperformed with the NBLAST and XBLAST programs (version 2.0) of Altschul,et al. (1990) J. Mol. Biol. 215:403-10. BLAST nucleotide searches can beperformed with the NBLAST program, score=100, wordlength=12 to obtainnucleotide sequences identical to the nucleic acid molecules describedherein. BLAST protein searches can be performed with the XBLAST program,score=50, wordlength=3 to obtain amino acid sequences identical to theprotein molecules described herein. To obtain gapped alignments forcomparison purposes, Gapped BLAST can be used as described in Altschulet al., (1997) Nucleic Acids Res. 25(17):3389-3402. When using BLAST andGapped BLAST programs, the default parameters of the respective programs(e.g., XBLAST and NBLAST) can be used. See www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.

These nucleic acids may be present in whole cells, in a cell lysate, orin a partially purified or substantially pure form. The nucleic acid is“isolated” or “rendered substantially pure” when purified away fromother cellular components or other contaminants, e.g., other cellularnucleic acids (e.g., the other parts of the chromosome) or proteins, bystandard techniques, including alkaline/SDS treatment, CsCl banding,column chromatography, agarose gel electrophoresis and others well knownin the art. See, F. Ausubel, et al., ed. Current Protocols in MolecularBiology, Greene Publishing and Wiley Interscience, New York (1987).

Nucleic acids, e.g., cDNA, may be mutated, in accordance with standardtechniques to provide gene sequences. For encoding sequences, thesemutations may affect amino acid sequence as desired. Specifically, DNAsequences substantially identical to or derived from native V, D, J,constant, switches and other such sequences described herein arecontemplated.

The term “vector,” as used herein, is intended to refer to a nucleicacid molecule capable of transporting another nucleic acid to which ithas been linked. One type of vector is “plasmid,” which refers to acircular double chains DNA loop into which other DNA segments may belinked. Another type of vector is a viral vector, wherein other DNAsegments may be linked into the viral genome. Some vectors are capableof autonomous replication in a host cell into which they are introduced(e.g., bacterial vectors having a bacterial origin of replication andepisomal mammalian vectors). Other vectors (e.g., non-episomal mammalianvectors) can be integrated into the genome of a host cell whenintroduced into the host cell, and thereby are replicated along with thehost genome. Moreover, some vectors are capable of directing theexpression of genes to which they are operatively linked. Such vectorsare referred to herein as “recombinant expression vectors” (or simply,“expression vectors”). In general, expression vectors used inrecombinant DNA techniques are often in the form of plasmids. In thepresent description, “plasmid” and “vector” may be used interchangeablyas the plasmid is the most commonly used form of vector. However, alsoincluded are other forms of expression vectors, such as viral vectors(e.g., replication defective retroviruses, adenoviruses andadeno-associated viruses), which serve equivalent functions.

The term “recombinant host cell” (or simply “host cell”), as usedherein, is intended to refer to a cell that comprises a nucleic acidthat is not naturally present in the cell, and maybe a cell into which arecombinant expression vector has been introduced. It should beunderstood that such terms are intended to refer not only to thespecific subject cell but to the progeny of such a cell. Since certainmodifications may occur in succeeding generations due to either mutationor environmental influences, such progeny may not, in fact, be identicalto the parent cell, but are still included within the scope of the term“host cell” as used herein.

As used herein, the term “antigen” refers to any natural or syntheticimmunogenic substance, such as a protein, peptide, or hapten. An antigenmay be LIF or a fragment thereof.

As used herein, the terms “inhibition” or “blocking” (e.g., referring toinhibition/blocking of LIF binding or activity) are used interchangeablyand encompass both partial and complete inhibition/blocking.

As used herein, “cancer” refers a broad group of diseases characterizedby the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. Sinceunregulated cell division may result in the formation of malignanttumors or cells, they would invade neighboring tissues and maymetastasize to distant parts of the body through the lymphatic system orbloodstream.

The terms “treat,” “treating,” and “treatment,” as used herein, refer toany type of intervention or process performed on, or administering anactive agent to, the subject with the objective of reversing,alleviating, ameliorating, inhibiting, or slowing down or preventing theprogression, development, severity or recurrence of a symptom,complication, condition or biochemical indicia associated with adisease. Prophylaxis refers to administration to a subject who does nothave a disease, to prevent the disease from occurring or minimize itseffects if it does.

The term “effective dose” or “effective dosage” is defined as an amountsufficient to achieve or at least partially achieve a desired effect. A“therapeutically effective amount” or “therapeutically effective dosage”of a drug or therapeutic agent is any amount of the drug that, when usedalone or in combination with another therapeutic agent, promotes diseaseregression evidenced by a decrease in severity of disease symptoms, anincrease in frequency and duration of disease symptom-free periods, or aprevention of impairment or disability due to the disease affliction. A“prophylactically effective amount” or a “prophylactically effectivedosage” of a drug is an amount of the drug that, when administered aloneor in combination with another therapeutic agent to a subject at risk ofdeveloping a disease or of suffering from a recurrence of disease,inhibits the development or recurrence of the disease. The ability of atherapeutic or prophylactic agent to promote disease regression orinhibit the development or recurrence of the disease can be evaluatedusing a variety of methods known to those skilled in the art, such as inhuman subjects during clinical trials, in animal model systemspredictive of efficacy in humans, or by assaying the activity of theagent in in-vitro assays.

The terms “patient” and “subject” refer to any human or non-human animalthat receives either prophylactic or therapeutic treatment. For example,the methods and compositions described herein can be used to treat asubject having cancer. The term “non-human animal” includes allvertebrates, e.g., mammals and non-mammals, such as non-human primates,sheep, dog, cow, chickens, amphibians, reptiles, etc.

EXAMPLES Example 1 Screening and Identification of Anti-Human LIFMonoclonal Antibody

1.1 Preparation of Anti-Human LIF Monoclonal Antibody 38E10E1C11 byHybridoma Method

According to the monoclonal antibody preparation method (Kohler andMilstein (1975) Nature 256: 495), recombinant human LIF protein(purchased from Sino Biological) was used for immunizing BABL/c mice. 25μg recombinant human LIF protein with an equal volume of Freund'scomplete adjuvant was used for the initial immunization by multiplesubcutaneous injections of the back. After four weeks, Freund'sincomplete adjuvant plus 25 μg of recombinant human LIF protein was usedfor the second immunization. Indirect ELISA method was used to detectthe titer of antibody 20 days later. After 2-3 weeks interval, 50 μg ofrecombinant human LIF protein was injected intraperitoneally tostrengthen the immunization. After 3 days, the animals were sacrificedand spleen cells were taken for fusion.

The mouse myeloma cells SP2/0 in logarithmic growth phase were taken forcounting, and the spleen cell suspension of the immunized mouse wasprepared. The spleen cells were fused with SP2/0 cells using 50% PEGaccording to conventional methods. The fused cells were added to a96-well plate of trophoblast cells (six-week-old BABL/c mouse peritonealmacrophages), and were screened and cultured in DMEM with 1% HAT and 20%fetal bovine serum. When the clone was grown to ⅓ of the bottom of theplate, the culture supernatant was collected. ELISA plates were coatedby recombinant human LIF protein, and indirect ELISA method was used fordetecting of anti-LIF antibody in culture supernatant and screeningclones secreting anti-human LIF antibody. Furthermore, a cell linestably secreting a high affinitive anti-human LIF monoclonal antibodywas obtained by monoclonal antibodyization using limiting dilution, andthe secreting antibody is labeled as 38E10E1C11. The full-length genesequences encoding the light and heavy chains of the 38E10E1C11 antibodywere determined as shown in SEQ ID NO:42 and SEQ ID NO:44, respectively,and the corresponding full-length amino acid sequences of the light andheavy chains of the 38E10E1C11 antibody were shown in SEQ ID NO:41 andSEQ ID NO:43, respectively; the gene sequences encoding the variableregion of the light and heavy chains of the 38E10E1C11 antibody wereshown in SEQ ID NO:76 and SEQ ID NO:77, respectively; and thecorresponding amino acid sequences of the variable regions of the lightand heavy chains of the 38E10E1C11 antibody are shown in SEQ ID NO:74and SEQ ID NO:75. According to the Kabat system, the amino acid sequenceof LCDR1 of 38E10E1C11 antibody was shown in SEQ ID NO:1, the amino acidsequence of LCDR2 was shown in SEQ ID NO:2, the amino acid sequence ofLCDR3 was shown in SEQ ID NO:3, the amino acid sequence of HCDR1 wasshown in SEQ ID NO:4, and the amino acid sequence of HCDR2 was shown inSEQ ID NO:45, and the amino acid sequence of HCDR3 was shown in SEQ IDNO:6. The immunoglobulin type and subtype of the 38E10E1C11 antibodywere identified (the result is IgG1 subtype, κ type light chain).

After obtaining a hybridoma cell line capable of stably secretingantibodies, the cell was domesticated by the CD Hybridoma serum-freemedium of thermo fisher and adapted to the serum-free suspension shakeculture, and then the antibody was expressed and purified using theserum-free medium.

1.2 Preparation of Anti-Human LIF Monoclonal Antibody P36-033 by PhageDisplay Technology

Recombinant human LIF protein was used for immunizing BABL/c mice. 25 μgrecombinant human LIF protein with an equal volume of Freund's completeadjuvant was used for the initial immunization by multiple subcutaneousinjections of the back. After four weeks, Freund's incomplete adjuvantplus 25 μg of recombinant human LIF protein is used for the secondimmunization. Indirect ELISA method was used to detect the titer ofantibody 20 days later. After 2-3 weeks interval, 50 μg of recombinanthuman LIF protein was injected intraperitoneally to strengthen theimmunization. After 3 days, the animals were sacrificed and spleen cellswere taken for fusion. Total RNA from spleen cells was extracted usingTRIZOL Reagent from Invitrogen Company and reverse transcribed to cDNAusing Invitrogen cDNA Reverse Transcription Kit. The antibody gene wasamplified by the degenerate primers of mouse light and heavy chainvariable region and constructed into a phage display vector, and a phageantibody library was constructed. Thermo-automatic magnetic bead sortingsystem was used to elimination and selection of the phage antibodylibrary, and the phage ELISA was used to select an E. coli clone capableof binding the recombinant human LIF protein, and the sequence of theantibody was determined. Furthermore, the P36-033 antibody was obtainedby ELISA and cell viability identification. The full-length genesequences of the P36-033 light chain and heavy chain are shown in SEQ IDNO:55 and SEQ ID NO:57, respectively, and the corresponding full-lengthamino acid sequences of the light chain and heavy chain of the P36-033antibody are shown in SEQ ID NO:54 and SEQ ID NO:56, respectively; thegene sequence encoding the variable region of light chain and heavychain of the P36-033 antibody are shown in SEQ ID NO:72 and SEQ IDNO:73, respectively, and the corresponding amino acid sequences of thevariable region of the light and heavy chains of the P36-033 antibodyare shown in SEQ ID NO: 82 and SEQ ID NO:83. According to Kabat system,the amino acid sequence of LCDR1 of the P36-033 antibody is shown in SEQID NO:66, the amino acid sequence of LCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO:67, theamino acid sequence of LCDR3 is shown in SEQ ID NO:68, the amino acidsequence of HCDR1 is shown in SEQ ID NO:69, the amino acid sequence ofHCDR2 is shown in SEQ ID NO:70, the amino acid sequence of HCDR3 isshown in SEQ ID NO:71.

1.3 Expression and Purification of Positive Control Antibody 5D8

According to the report of the patent document of WO 2018/115960 A1, theantibody 5D8 is an antibody that inhibits the binding of LIF protein andGP130. According to the patent document, multiple gene sequences of theinvention were synthesized, and different light and heavy chains arepaired in different combinations to construct the full-length antibodiesin the form of Human IgG1, and one of them with the best binding to LIFprotein was found eventually, and meanwhile it was capable of blockingthe recombinant human LIF protein binding with human GP130 and blockingthe STAT3's phosphorylation in HCT116 cells by the recombinant human LIFprotein through cell viability identification, therefore, the inventionnamed it 5D8 as a positive control antibody in a follow-up trial. Thefull-length gene sequences encoding the heavy chain and light chain ofthe 5D8 antibody were determined as shown in SEQ ID NO:63 and SEQ IDNO:65, respectively, and the corresponding full-length amino acidsequences of the heavy chain and light chain of the 5D8 antibody wereshown in SEQ ID NO:62 and SEQ ID NO:64, respectively; the gene sequencesencoding the variable region of the 5D8 antibody were determined asshown in SEQ ID NO:80 and SEQ ID NO:81, respectively, and thecorresponding amino acid sequences of the variable region of the heavychain and the light chain of the 5D8 antibody are shown in SEQ ID NO:78and SEQ ID NO:79, respectively.

Example 2 the Binding Experiment of the Anti-Human LIF Antibody to HumanLIF Protein

The recombinant human LIF protein was diluted to 1 μg/mL, was coated onthe enzyme label plate, 100 μL of the protein was added into every well,and incubated overnight in 4° C. The enzyme label plates were taken outnext day, and the liquid was discarded, and were washed with PBST threetimes and blocked with 2% BSA in PBS for 1 h at room temperature, thenwashed with PBST three times, and added anti-human LIF antibodies38E10E1C11, 5D8 and P36-033 at different concentrations and incubatedfor 1 h at room temperature. The liquid was discarded, and the plateswere washed with PBST four times. The plates were added with HRP-labeledgoat anti-mouse Fab antibody or goat anti-human FC antibody andincubated for 1 h at room temperature. Then the liquid was discarded,and the plates were washed four times with PBST and incubated with TMBcolored solution in 10 minutes at room temperature. Stop colordevelopment by adding 2 mol/L H₂SO₄, and the absorption value at 450 nmis quantitated using an automated plate photometer, and the results wereshown in FIG. 1. The results show that the binding of the 38E10E1C11antibody and the P36-033 antibody to human LIF protein is stronger thanthe binding of the 5D8 antibody to human LIF protein.

Example 3 the Binding Experiment of the Anti-Human LIF Antibody to MouseLIF Protein

The recombinant mouse LIF protein (purchased from ACRO Biosystems) wasdiluted to 1 μg/mL, and was coated on the enzyme label plate, 100 μL ofprotein was added into every well, and incubated overnight in 4° C. Theenzyme label plates were taken out next day, and the liquid wasdiscarded, and were washed with PBST three times and blocked with 2% BSAin PBS for 1 h at room temperature, then washed with PBST three times,and added anti-human LIF antibodies 38E10E1C11, 5D8 and P36-033 atdifferent concentrations and incubated for 1 h at room temperature. Theliquid was discarded, and the plates were washed with PBST four times.The plates were added with HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse Fab antibody orgoat anti-human FC antibody and incubated for 1 h at room temperature.Then the liquid was discarded, and the plates were washed four timeswith PBST and incubated with TMB colored solution in 10 minutes at roomtemperature. Stop color development by adding 2 mol/L H₂SO₄, and theabsorption value at 450 nm is quantitated using an automated platephotometer, and the results were shown in FIG. 2. The results show thatthe 38E10E1C11 antibody has no binding activity to the mouse LIFprotein, and the P36-033 antibody has binding activity to the mouse LIFprotein which is less than the 5D8 antibody.

Example 4 the Binding Experiment of the Anti-Human LIF Antibody toMachin LIF Protein

The recombinant machin LIF protein (purchased from Sino biological) wasdiluted to 0.5 μg/mL, and was coated on the enzyme label plate, 100 μLof protein was added into every well, and incubated overnight in 4° C.The enzyme label plates were taken out next day, and the liquid wasdiscarded, and were washed with PBST three times and blocked with 2% BSAin PBS for 1 h at room temperature, then washed with PBST three times,and added anti-human LIF antibodies 38E10E1C11, 5D8 and P36-033 atdifferent concentrations and incubated for 1 h at room temperature. Theliquid was discarded, and the plates were washed with PBST four times.The plates were added with HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse Fab antibody orgoat anti-human FC antibody and incubated for 1 h at room temperature.Then the liquid was discarded, and the plates were washed with PBST fourtimes and incubated with TMB colored solution in 10 minutes at roomtemperature. Stop color development by adding 2 mol/L H₂SO₄, and theabsorption value at 450 nm is quantitated using an automated platephotometer, and the results were shown in FIG. 3. The results show thatthe binding activities of the 38E10E1C11 and the P36-033 are better thanthe binding activity of the 5D8.

Example 5 the Affinity Assay of the Anti-Human LIF Antibodies

The affinity of the purified monoclonal antibodies to the recombinanthuman LIF protein was determined by KinExA 4000. 200 mg PMMA hard beadswere added with 30 μg of the 38E10E1C11 antibody and additional addingcoating solution to 1 mL. The buffer composition is 1 xPBS, pH 7.4,0.02% NaN3. And make sure that the beads were completely suspended inthe solution, and rotated for 2 h at room temperature. The beads werenaturally settled or quickly centrifuged at low speed. The supernatantwas removed and the beads were blocked with PBS containing 1% BSA. 15 mLof 300 pM antigen solution and 15 mL of 240 pM Ab2 (38E10E1C11) solutionwere prepared. 0.6 mL of 300 pM antigen and 0.6 mL of 240 pM antibodyAb2 (38E10E1C11) were put into different sample tubes separately. Thesamples in the two tubes were well mixed and put together into one tube,the concentration of the antigen was 150 pM and the concentration ofantibody Ab2 (38E10E1C11) was 120 pM at this time, and the solution wasplaced in the corresponding position in the tube holder. 16 groups wereprepared, and the incubation time of each group was different. Eachgroup was added with 1 μg/L1 Streptavidin Protein, DyLight 650 Solution,and was detected on machine set to incubate for 24 hours. In theKinExatm Pro software, the equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) forn-curve analysis was calculated by the unknown ligand model, and theresults are shown in FIG. 4. The results show that the affinity of the38E10E1C11 mAb to human LIF protein is 4.52×10⁻¹²M.

Example 6 the P36-033 mAB and the 38E10E1C11 mAb Compete with LIFR forBinding to Human LIF Protein

The recombinant human LIF protein was coated on the enzyme label plateat a concentration of 1 μg/mL, LIFR protein (expressed fusedly withhuman FC) at a concentration of 0.6125 μg/mL was added (50 μL/well), andthe anti-human LIF antibodies 38E10E1C11, P36-033 and 38E10E1C11R whichis recombinantly expressed by CHO cells (SEQ ID NOs: 41 and 43) atdifferent concentrations simultaneously were added separately (50μL/well) and incubated for 2 h at room temperature. After washed fourtimes with PBST, incubated with HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse FC secondaryantibody for 1 h at room temperature. Then the plates were washed fourtimes with PBST and added with TMB coloured solution in for 10 minutes.The absorption value at 450 nm is quantitated using an enzyme-labellingmeasuring instrument, and the data was analyzed and plotted using Originpro 9 software. The results were shown in FIG. 5. The results show thatthe 38E10E1C11 mAb and 38E10E1C11 can inhibit the binding of human LIFto human LIFR, while the P36-033 mAb can't inhibit the binding of humanLIF to human LIFR.

Example 7 the P36-033 mAB and the 38E10E1C11 mAb Compete with GP130 forBinding to Human LIF Protein

The recombinant human LIF protein was coated on the enzyme label platesat a concentration of 1 μg/mL, GP130 protein (expressed fusedly withhuman FC) at a concentration of 20 μg/mL was added (50 μL/well), and theanti-human LIF antibodies P36-033 and 38E10E1C11 at differentconcentrations simultaneously were added separately (50 μL/well), andincubated for 2 h at room temperature. At the same time, the controlwells added with antibodies and without GP130 protein were set.Incubated for 2 h at room temperature. After washed four times withPBST, incubated with HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse FC secondary antibodyfor 1 h at room temperature. Then the plates were washed four times withPBST and added with TMB coloured solution in for 10 minutes. Theabsorption value at 450 nm is quantitated using an enzyme-labellingmeasuring instrument, and the data was analyzed and plotted using Originpro 9 software. The results were shown in FIG. 6. The results show thatthe P36-033 and the 38E10E1C11 can inhibit the binding of human LIF tohuman GP130 protein.

Example 8 Detection of the Specificity of 38E10E1C11 mAb

The human LIF, human IL-6, human OSM, human CNTF (purchased from Sinobiological) were coated on the enzyme label plate at a concentration of1 μg/mL separately, and the anti-human LIF antibodies 38E10E1C11,P36-033 and 5D8 at different concentrations were added separately andincubated for 1 h at room temperature. Then the plates were washed fourtimes with PBST and incubated with HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse FCsecondary antibody for 1 h at room temperature. Then the plates werewashed four times with PBST and added with TMB colored solution forcolor development at room temperature for 10 minutes. The absorptionvalue at 450 nm is quantitated by the enzyme-labeling measuringinstrument, and the data was analyzed and plotted using Origin pro 9software. The results were shown in FIG. 7. The results show that the38E10E1C11 mAb and the P36-033 mAb only bound to human LIF protein anddidn't bind to human IL-6, human OSM and human CNTF, while the 5D8antibody bound to human OSM and human CNTF protein.

Example 9 the Western Blot Detection that 38E10E1C11 mAb can be Used forHuman LIF Protein

The recombinant human LIF protein was diluted to the concentration shownin FIG. 8, the cell supernatant of CT26 and C26-hLIF cells cultured forthree days with 5×SDS-PAGE loading buffer was boiled for 10 minutes. 10μL sample was taken for SDS-PAGE electrophoresis, and then theelectrophoresis band was transferred to PVDF membrane for western blotdetection, the primary antibody used for detection is 38E10E1C11antibody at the concentration of 1 μg/mL, incubated for 2 h at roomtemperature, and washed three times by TBST buffer. Then adding 1:3000diluted HRP-labeled goat anti-mouse secondary antibody, and incubatedfor 2 h at room temperature, incubated for 2 h at room temperature, andwashed three times by TBST buffer. Then incubated with enhancedchemiluminescence solution (Pence), and detected and photographed by theAmersham Imager 600 ultra-sensitive multi-function imager. The resultswere shown in FIG. 8. The results show that the 38E10E1C11 mAb can beused for western blot detection of human LIF protein.

Example 10 Anti-Human LIF Antibody Cell Activity Assay

10.1 Detection of Inhibiting STAT3 Activation in HCT116 Cells

HCT116 cells were digested and centrifuged, then the cells wereresuspended and plated at 12-well plate in a volume of 1 mL with 5×10⁵cells/well. Then the cells were incubated at 37° C., 5% CO₂ overnight.The original medium was discarded next day, and the cell culture mediumcontaining 100 ng/mL of recombinant human LIF protein and anti-LIFantibodies in different concentrations were added and incubated for 30minutes at 37° C., and at the same time the control wells containing norecombinant human LIF protein and only recombinant human LIF proteinwithout antibodies were set. The medium was then removed and 100 μL 1×lysate was added to each well of the 12-well plate, and the cells werelysed on ice for 30 min. The lysate was transferred to a 1.5 mLcentrifuge tube, and the tube with lysate was centrifuged at 13,000 rpmfor 10 min, and the supernatant was collected. The supernatant was takenfor western blot detection of the phosphorylation of STAT3. The resultswere shown in Subfigure A in FIG. 9 and FIG. 11. From the results, itwas revealed that the 38E10E1C11 antibody and the P36-033 antibody caninhibit the phosphorylation of STAT3 in HCT116 cells induced by humanLIF protein.

10.2 Detection of the Activity of the Anti-Human LIF Antibodies Throughthe Test of Inhibiting STAT3 Activation in KP4 Cells

KP4 cells were digested and centrifuged, and the cells were resuspendedand plate at 12-well plate in a volume of 1 mL with 5×10⁵ cells/well.Then the cells were incubated at 37° C., 5% CO₂ overnight. The originalmedium was discarded next day, and the cell culture medium containing 50ng/mL of recombinant human LIF protein and anti-LIF antibodies indifferent concentrations were added and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C., and at the same time the control wells containing no recombinanthuman LIF protein and only recombinant human LIF protein withoutantibodies were set. The medium was then removed and 100 μL 1× lysatewas added to each well of the 12-well plate, and the cells were lysed onice for 30 min. The lysate was transferred to a 1.5 mL centrifuge tube,and the tube with lysate was centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 10 min, andthe supernatant was collected. The supernatant was taken for westernblot detection of the phosphorylation of STAT3. The results were shownin Subfigure B in FIG. 9, it shows that the 38E10E1C11 antibody caninhibit the phosphorylation of STAT3 in KP4 cells induced by human LIFprotein.

10.3 Detection of the Activity of the Anti-Human LIF Antibodies Throughthe Test of Inhibiting STAT3 Activation in KP4 Cells

KP4 cells were digested and centrifuged, and the cells were resuspendedand plate at 12-well plate in a volume of 1 mL with 5×10⁵ cells/well.Then the cells were incubated at 37° C., 5% CO₂ overnight. The originalmedium was discarded next day, and the anti-LIF antibodies in differentconcentrations and the cell culture medium of CT26-hLIF cells in avolume ratio of 1:1 was added and incubated for 30 minutes at 37° C.,and at the same time the control wells containing the culturesupernatant of CT26 were set. The medium was then removed and 100 μL 1×lysate was added into the cells, and the cells were lysed on ice for 30min. The lysate was transferred to a 1.5 mL centrifuge tube, and thetube with lysate was centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 10 min, and thesupernatant was collected. The supernatant was taken for western blotdetection of the phosphorylation of STAT3. FIG. 10 shows that the38E10E1C11 antibody can inhibit the phosphorylation of STAT3 in KP4cells induced by human LIF protein secreted by the CT26-hLIF cells.

10.4 Detection of LIF Antibody Activity Through the Test of M1 CellProliferation

M1 cells were centrifuged and washed twice by RPMI1640 medium, the M1cells were plated into 96-well plate in a volume of 100 μL cell per wellat a density of 2×10⁵ cells/mL. The cell culture medium containing 10ng/mL of recombinant human LIF protein and anti-LIF antibodies indifferent concentrations were added until the volume of every wellreached 200 μL finally and incubated for 72 h at 37° C. in theincubator. At the same time, the control wells without human LIF proteinwere set. CCK-8 was added to measure cell proliferation. The resultswere shown in FIG. 12, and the results show that both the mAb38E10E1C11mAb and the P36-033 mAb can reverse the inhibition induced by human LIFprotein of the proliferation of M1 cells.

Example 11 Detection of Anti-Tumor Activity of Anti-Human LIF AntibodyIn Vivo

The 38E10E1C11 antibody did not cross-react with the mouse LIF proteinby ELISA assay. In order to carry out the activity evaluation in vivo,CT26 cell line overexpressing human LIF protein needed to beconstructed. According to the literature, human LIF protein is able tobind to the LIFR and GP130 on the surface of mouse cells, therebyactivating the downstream signal. Therefore, it was speculated thathuman LIF protein secreted by CT26 cells which expressed human LIFprotein highly can inhibit the immune system of mice, and the anti LIFprotein can release the inhibitory effect and thus exert an anti-tumoreffect.

11.1 Establishment of CT26 Cell Line Overexpressing Human LIF—

The mouse colon cancer cell line CT26 was infected with the constructedlentivirus containing human LIF gene. The expression of LIF protein wasdetected after 48 h. The cell line was cloned by limiting dilutionmethod, and the medium with puromycin in the final concentration of 1μg/mL was added for pressurized screening. Finally CT26 cell line stablyand highly expressing human LIF protein was obtained.

11.2 Anti-Tumor Activity of Anti-Human LIF Antibody Detected byCT26-hLIF BABL/C Subcutaneous Implantation Model

CT26-hLIF cells were cultured in RPMI-1640 medium containing 10% fetalbovine serum, collecting the cells in the logarithmic growth phase,resuspended in PBS to 107 cells/mL, and inoculate BABL/c micesubcutaneously. One day after the inoculation, the mice were dividedinto groups and injected with vehicle control, anti-human LIF antibodyrespectively, the administration concentration is 15 mg/kg body weight,twice a week, for 4 consecutive weeks, the tumor volume is measuredtwice a week, the tumor growth curve is drawn, and the tumor inhibitionrate is calculated. The results were shown in FIG. 13. The results showthat the 38E10E1C11 mAb can inhibit CT26-hLIF cells proliferate inBABL/c mice.

11.3 Measurement of the Sensitivity of Different Pancreatic Cancer CellLines to the Stimulation of LIF Protein

The human pancreatic cancer cell lines Panc02.03, KP4, MIA paca2 wereinoculated into 6-well plate with a density of 10⁶ cell/well separately.The medium was replaced with the fresh medium after overnight incubated,and 50 ng/mL recombinant human LIF protein and the 38E10E1C11 antibodywere added, meanwhile the control wells without LIF protein were set.The treatment wells and the control wells were incubated at 37° C. for30 minutes. The medium was then removed and 200 μL 1× lysate was addedto the cells of 200 μL for each well, and the cells were lysed on icefor 30 min. The lysate was transferred to a 1.5 mL centrifuge tube, andthe tube with lysate was centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 10 min, and thesupernatant was collected. The supernatant was taken for western blotdetection of the phosphorylation of STAT3. The results were shown inFIG. 14. The results show that KP4 cell line is most sensitive to thestimulation of human LIF protein.

Example 12 Recombinant Expression and Verification of the 38E10E1C11 mAbAntibody and the P36-033 mAb

The light chain gene and the heavy chain gene of the 38E10E1C11 mAB andthe P36-033 mAb were constructed into the eukaryotic expression vectorPCDNA3.1+ by identical recombination technique. The recombinantantibodies were expressed by Thermo's ExpiCHO expression system, and therecombinant antibodies were purified by Protein G affinitychromatography. Endotoxin removal of the purified antibodies is carriedout using Endotoxin Removal Beads produced by Smart-lifesciencescompany. The specific experimental method referred to Example 10.2. FIG.15 shows that the 38E10E1C11 antibody (labeled as 38E10E1C11R)recombinantly expressed by CHO cells was capable of inhibitingphosphorylation of STAT3 in KP4 cells induced by human LIF protein.

Example 13 Identification of Epitope Recognized by 38E10E1C11 Antibody

It was confirmed by the preliminary experiments that the 38E10E1C11antibody (SEQ ID NOs: 41 and 43) recognized the linear epitope on thesurface of human LIF protein (SEQ ID NO: 58). The antibody could notrecognize mouse LIF protein, and could block the binding of human LIFprotein and human LIFR protein. According to these three points,combined with the analysis of a variety of online protein linear epitopeprediction software, it was speculated that the recognition epitope ofthe antibody was located in the 160-202 amino acid sequence of LIFprotein, so the invention synthesized the following heterozygous LIFprotein. Mut3 (SEQ ID NO: 59) is to replace the 182-202 amino acidsequence of human LIF protein with that of mouse LIF protein, mut4 (SEQID NO: 60) is to replace the 166-202 amino acid sequence of human LIFprotein with that of mouse LIF protein. The plasmids containing mut3,mut4 and full-length human LIF protein were transfected into 293T cells.After three days of culture, the culture supernatant of 293T cells wastaken for SDS-PAGE electrophoresis and western blot. The culturesupernatant of 293T cells was used as negative control, 38E10E1C11 asprimary antibody and HRP labeled Goat anti-mouse Fab as secondaryantibody. At the same time, the M1 cell proliferation experiment wasused to detect the activity of the hybrid protein and verify theneutralizing activity of 38E10E1C11 to the hybrid protein. Set upmultiple groups of control wells at the same time, control wells addinghuman recombinant LIF protein (rhLIF, purchased from Yiqiao Shenzhou,the product number is: 14890-HNAH), control wells adding rhLIF and38E10E1C11, and control wells without adding rhLIF and LIF antibody. Theresults showed that the 38E10E1C11 antibody could recognize thedenatured full-length LIF protein and mut3 protein, but could notrecognize mut4 protein (Subfigure A in FIG. 16). The M1 cellproliferation experiment shows that 38E10E1C11 antibody can reverse theinhibition of the full-length LIF protein and Mut3 protein on theproliferation of M1 cells but cannot reverse the inhibitory effect ofthe Mut4 protein (Subfigure B in FIG. 16). In summary, the recognitionepitope of 38E10E1C11 antibody was located in the 167-181 amino acidsequence of human LIF protein, that is, the amino acids TYGPDTSGKDVFQKK(SEQ ID NO:61).

Example 14 Design and Expression Purification of Humanized LIF Antibody

Monoclonal antibody 38E10E1C11 obtained from mouse immunization washumanized. Humanization was performed by standard CDR grafting method.The heavy and light chain regions were cloned from 38E10E1C11 hybridomaby standard molecular cloning techniques and sequenced by Sanger method.BLAST searches were then performed on the human heavy and light chainvariable sequences and three or four sequences were selected as thereceptor frames for humanization. The heavy and light chain CDR1, CDR2and CDR3 of 38E10E1C11 were cloned into three different heavy chainreceptor frames (H1-H3) and four different light chain frames (L1-L4),while the HCDR2 of 38E10E1C11 (amino acid sequence before mutation asshown in SEQ ID NO:45) was point mutated (the mutated amino acidsequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:5), the human IgG1 isoform was selectedfor the heavy chain constant region and the human kappa chain wasselected for the light chain constant region. 293S cells wereco-transfected with expression vectors containing the gene of thehumanized antibody heavy chain and the humanized antibody light chain.The gene sequences of the heavy and light chain variable region, theamino acid sequence of the variable region, the full-length genesequence and the full-length amino acid sequence were shown in Table 1.The expression levels, antigen binding ability and thermal stability ofthe twelve different antibodies combinations in 293S cells were thenexamined. The 38E10E1C11 chimeric antibody (Chimeric) was used as apositive control, and all 38E10E1C11 chimeric antibodies wereabbreviated as 38E chimeric antibody or 38E Chimeric (SEQ ID NO: 52 andSEQ ID NO:50) in subsequent assays. The medium was collected and theexpression levels of IgG therein were quantified on a Gator (similar toOctet) and corrected by ELISA. The antigen binding ability of thedifferent combinations was compared by ELISA (Table 2, Table 3)

Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA):

Each well was coated with 100 μL of 0.5 μg/ml antigen and incubateovernight at 4° C., and the plates were washed three times with 300 μLof Wash Buffer. The plates were closed with 200 μL of Closure Buffer (2%bovine serum albumin) for 60 min at room temperature. The plates werewashed three times with 300 μL of Wash Buffer. 100 μL of dilutedanti-LIF antibody at different concentrations was added to each well andincubate for 1 hour at room temperature. The plates were washed 4 timeswith 300 μL of Wash Buffer. 100 μL of HRP-labeled goat anti-human Fcsecondary antibody at a dilution of 1:5000 was added and incubate for 1hour at room temperature. The plates were washed 6 times with 300 μL ofWash Buffer. 100 μL of H₂O₂-Amplx Color Development Solution was addedfor developing the color for 10 min at room temperature under darkconditions. The OD 450 value was read by an enzyme marker. Heattreatment: the expression medium was heated on the PCR machine at 70° C.for 5 min and then rapidly cooled to room temperature. Performsubsequent ELISA assays as above.

TABLE 1 Expression levels of different combinations of humanized lightand heavy chains in 293S cells Gene sequence of Amino acid Full lengthantibody variable sequence of Full length amino acid concentrationregion of variable region gene sequence sequence of in culture humanizedof humanized of humanized humanized supernatant No. antibody antibodyantibody antibody (μg/ml) H1L1 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 95.5chain NO: 24 NO: 23 NO: 26 NO: 25 (VH1,nt) (VH1,aa) (full heavy (fullheavy chain 1,nt) chain 1,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chainNO: 8 NO: 7 NO: 10 NO: 9 (VL1,nt) (VL1,aa) (full light (full light chain1,nt) chain 1,aa) H2L1 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEE ID SEQ ID 120 chain NO:28 NO: 27 NO: 30 NO: 29 (VH2,nt) (VH2,aa) (full heavy (full heavy chain2,nt) chain 2,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 8 NO: 7NO: 10 NO: 9 (VL1,nt) (VL1,aa) (full light (full light chain 1,nt) chain1,aa) H3L1 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 108 chain NO: 32 NO: 31 NO:34 NO: 33 (VH3,nt) (VH3,aa) (full heavy (full heavy chain 3,nt) chain3,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 8 NO: 7 NO: 10 NO: 9(VL1,nt) (VL1,aa) (full light (full light chain 1,nt) chain 1,aa) H1L2heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 110 chain NO: 24 NO: 23 NO: 26 NO: 25(VH1,nt) (VH1, aa) (full heavy (full heavy chain 1,nt) chain 1,aa) lightSEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 12 NO: 11 NO: 14 NO: 13 (VL2,nt)(VL2,aa) (full light (full light chain 2,nt) chain 2,aa) H2L2 heavy SEQID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 89.4 chain NO: 28 NO: 27 NO: 30 NO: 29 (VH2,nt)(VH2,aa) (full heavy (full heavy chain 2,nt) chain 2,aa) light SEQ IDSEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 12 NO: 11 NO: 14 NO: 13 (VL2,nt) (VL2,aa)(full light (full light chain 2,nt) chain 2,aa) H3L2 heavy SEQ ID SEQ IDSEQ ID SEQ ID 95.3 chain NO: 32 NO: 31 NO: 34 NO: 33 (VH3,nt) (VH3,aa)(full heavy (full heavy chain 3,nt) chain 3,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQID SEQ ID chain NO: 12 NO: 11 NO: 14 NO: 13 (VL2,nt) (VL2,aa) (fulllight (full light chain 2,nt) chain 2,aa) H1L3 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQID SEQ ID 115 chain NO: 24 NO: 23 NO: 26 NO: 25 (VH1,nt) (VH1, aa) (fullheavy (full heavy chain 1,nt) chain 1,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQID chain NO: 16 NO: 15 NO: 18 NO: 17 (VL3,nt) (VL3,aa) (full light (fulllight chain 3,nt) chain 3,aa) H2L3 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 123chain NO: 28 NO: 27 NO: 30 NO: 29 (VH2,nt) (VH2,aa) (full heavy (fullheavy chain 2,nt) chain 2,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chainNO: 16 NO: 15 NO: 18 NO: 17 (VL3,nt) (VL3,aa) (full light (full lightchain 3,nt) chain 3,aa) H3L3 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 97.6chain NO: 32 NO: 31 NO: 34 NO: 33 (VH3,nt) (VH3,aa) (full heavy (fullheavy chain 3,nt) chain 3,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chainNO: 16 NO: 15 NO: 18 NO: 17 (VL3,nt) (VL3,aa) (full light (full lightchain 3,nt) chain 3,aa) H1L4 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 183 chainNO: 24 NO: 23 NO: 26 NO: 25 (VH1,nt) (VH1, aa) (full heavy (full heavychain 1,nt) chain 1,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 20NO: 19 NO: 22 NO: 21 (VL4,nt) (VL4,aa) (full light (full light chain4,nt) chain 4,aa) H2L4 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 155 chain NO:28 NO: 27 NO: 30 NO: 29 (VH2,nt) (VH2,aa) (full heavy (full heavy chain2,nt) chain 2,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 20 NO: 19NO: 22 NO: 21 (VL4,nt) (VL4,aa) (full light (full light chain 4,nt)chain 4,aa) H3L4 heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 172 chain NO: 32 NO:31 NO: 34 NO: 33 (VH3,nt) (VH3,aa) (full heavy (full heavy chain 3,nt)chain 3,aa) light SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 20 NO: 19 NO: 22NO: 21 (VL4,nt) (VL4,aa) (full light (full light chain 4,nt) chain 4,aa)38E heavy SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID 97.4 Chimeric chain NO: 49 NO: 48NO: 53 NO: 52 (38E (38E (38E (38E Chimeric Chimeric ChimericfullChimeric VH,nt) VH, aa) heavy chain, full heavy nt) chain,aa) light SEQID SEQ ID SEQ ID SEQ ID chain NO: 47 NO: 46 NO: 51 NO: 50 (38E (38E (38E(38E Chimeric Chimeric Chimericfull Chimeric VL,nt) VL, aa) light chain,full light nt) chain,aa)

TABLE 2 ELISA results of different combinations of humanized light andheavy chains via 293S cell expression supernatant (non-heated) CloneNo./ Antibody concentration (μg/mL) non-heated 1 0.2 0.04 0 H1L1 1184010574 6849 2134 H2L1 11953 10737 6369 H3L1 11367 10041 6222 H1L2 1211811246 6682 H2L2 11699 10321 6517 H3L2 11266 10575 6599 H1L3 11846 107906435 H2L3 11967 11286 6266 H3L3 11280 10978 6755 H1L4 11929 10931 7321H2L4 11821 10859 6877 H3L4 11918 11226 7055 38E Chimeric 11353 104146783

TABLE 3 ELISA results of different combinations of humanized light andheavy chains via 293S cell expression supernatant (heated) Antibodyconcentration (μg/mL ) Clone No/heated 1 0.2 0.04 0 H1L1 9796 9007 597027.7 H2L1 9647 8560 5442 H3L1 9131 7903 5192 H1L2 9833 8925 5493 H2L29779 8716 5259 H3L2 9448 8775 5065 H1L3 9627 8748 4978 H2L3 9731 91534866 H3L3 9543 8898 5393 H1L4 10526 9705 5670 H2L4 10572 9234 5702 H3L49948 9061 5299 38E Chimeric 10567 8845 4727

Example 15 Characterization of the Selected Humanized CandidateAntibodies with Purified IgG Samples

Based on the binding affinity, percentage of humanization, antibodyexpression level and thermal stability data, the following fivecandidate antibodies were selected for the next characterization step:H1L1, H1L4, H2L4, H3L2, H3L4, and the five candidate antibodies wererenumbered as 38E HuH1L1 (SEQ ID NOs: 25 and 9), 38E HuH1L4 (SEQ ID NOs:25 and 21), 38E HuH2L4 (SEQ ID NOs: 29 and 21), 38E HuH3L2 (SEQ ID NOs:33 and 13), and 38E HuH3L4 (SEQ ID NOs: 33 and 21). Then the selectedVH/VL plasmids were co-transfected with 293S cells, the cell culturesupernatant was harvested, and the antibody was purified by protein Aaffinity chromatography. The purified antibody was used for bindingELISA analysis to compare the specific binding ability of the humanizedantibodies to the 38E chimeric antibody. The invention also underwentsome preliminary analyses to compare their thermal stability andnon-specific binding. The results showed that the candidate antibodiesbeing purified and the 38E chimeric antibody had very similarantigen-binding properties (FIG. 17A, 17C). After treatment at 70° C.for 5 min, all five humanized antibodies showed similar binding abilitywith the chimeric antibodies (FIG. 17B, 17D).

Example 16 Evaluation of Non-Specific Binding of Humanized CandidateAntibodies

LIF-negative HEK293 cells FACS was used for preliminary assay to assessthe risk of potential non-specific binding of the antibody.

HEK293 cells were digested with trypsin, washed twice with PBScontaining 1% FBS, resuspended, adjusted to a cell density of 1.5-2×10⁶cells/mL, and added to a 96-well U-shaped plate. The concentration ofantibody to be detected was adjusted to 20 μg/mL, and then 3-timesgradient dilution was performed for a total of 8 concentrations, and ablank control and a negative control (Rituxan) were set up. The dilutedantibody and blank control were added to the cells in 96-well plates,and 100 μL of antibody was added to each well. The cells were incubatedat 4° C. for 1 hour, centrifuged at 1000 rpm for 5 minutes, thesupernatant was carefully discarded and washed twice with PBS containing1% FBS, and finally resuspended with 200 μL of PBS containing 1% FBS,finally, resuspend the cells with 2004, of PBS containing 1% FBS, andflow cytometric analysis was performed. In the non-specific binding FACSassay of HEK293 cell, 38E HuH1L1, 38E HuH3L2, 38E HuH3L4, 38E HuH1L4,38E chimeric antibody and negative control (Rituxan) had similarnon-specific binding affinity for HEK293 cells, while 38E HuH2L4 had ahigher non-specific binding affinity for HEK293 cells (Subfigure A and Bin FIG. 18).

Example 17 CE-SDS Analysis of Antibody Purity

The working concentration of CE-SDS analysis was 1 mg/mL, the antibodysamples were diluted to the specified concentration with the loadingbuffer.

Preparation of non-reduced CE-SDS electrophoresis samples: 95 μL ofdiluted sample solution was taken, 5 μL of 0.8M ammonium iodoacetateaqueous solution and 5 μL of internal reference were added, vortexed andmixed well. 954, of blank control was taken, 5 μL of 0.8M ammoniumiodoacetate aqueous solution and 5 μL of internal reference were added,vortexed and mixed well for non-reduced blank control. Then heated inmetal bath at 70° C. for 5 minutes, cooled to room temperature, andcentrifuged at 6000 rpm for 1 minute.

Preparation of the reduced sample solution: 95 μL of diluted samplesolution was taken, 5 μL of 2-mercaptoethanol solution and 5 μL ofinternal reference were added, vortexed and mixed well. 954, of blankcontrol was taken, and 5 μL of 2-mercaptoethanol solution and 54, ofinternal reference were added, vortexed and mixed well for reduced blankcontrol. Then heated in metal bath at 70° C. for 15 minutes, cooled toroom temperature, and centrifuged at 6000 rpm for 1 minute.

Sample analysis: 75 μL of sample was added to the test tube, and thetest tube was placed into the test cup. The test cup was carefullyinserted into the injection tray, and the test program was run with areduced sample injection duration of 30 seconds and a non-reduced sampleinjection duration of 40 seconds, capillary temperature of 20° C.,sample temperature of 20° C., focusing voltage of 15 KV, focusing timeof 40 minutes, and data were collected with a PDA detector at 214 nm. CEresults are shown in Table 4, Table 5.

TABLE 4 Results of the reduced CE-SDS Peak# Size (KDa) Peak Area (%)Peak ID 38E chimeric 1 27.77 35.5 LC 2 62.43 64.5 HC 1 25.6 0.57 LMC 38EHuH1L1 2 27.85 32.02 LC 3 36.03 1.41 LMC 4 61.41 66 HC 1 27.41 31.7 LC38E HuH3L2 2 33.84 0.35 LMC 3 62.49 67.95 HC 1 27 34.93 LC 38E HuH3L4 262.06 65.07 HC

TABLE 5 Results of the non-reduced CE-SDS Size (KDa) Peak Area (%) PeakID 38E chimeric 166.39 >99 intact AB 38E HuH1L1 165.93 92.46 intact AB38E HuH3L2 167.63 93.01 intact AB 38E HuH3L4 166.37 98.82 intact AB

Example 18 Thermal Stability Analysis by Differential ScanningFluorescence (DSF)/Static Light Scattering (SLS) Technique

Samples were submitted to UNcle Systems (Unchained Labs) for analysis.The temperature range of 25° C. to 95° C. was monitored for DSF and SLSat 1° C./min. UNcle measured SLS at 266 nm and 473 nm. Tm and Tagg werecalculated and analyzed using UNcle analysis software.

IgG is with multiple structural domains, each has its own meltingtemperature (Tm.) The CH2 structural domain typically has a Tm of about70° C. in PBS, and CH3 is more stable with a Tm of about 80° C. Fabshave a larger range of Tm of about 50-85° C. due to their more variablesequences. Therefore, the Tm values measured by various analyticaltechniques are usually the “apparent” transition temperatures, ratherthan the true Tm values of each structural domain. It is clear that eventhis DSF analysis can produce more than one Tm value, only Tm1 is usedto evaluate the thermal stability of therapeutic antibodies. Tagg is thetemperature at which SLS starts to detect aggregation. Tagg266 measuresSLS at 266 nm, which is more sensitive and more suitable for detectingsmaller aggregated particles. Tagg473 measures SLS at 473 nm, which ismore suitable for detecting larger particles.

As shown in Table 6, all three humanized candidate antibodies havehigher melting temperature (Tm1) and less aggregation risk than the 38Echimeric antibody.

TABLE 6 Results of Differential Scanning Fluorescence (DSF)/Static LightScattering (SLS) analysis DSF (° C.) SLS (° C.) Sample Tm1 Tm2 Tm3 Tagg266 Tagg 473 38E chimeric 69.3 68.5 69.8 38E HuH1L1 72.7 82.8 72.5 73.638E HuH3L2 72 82.4 73.3 73.7 38E HuH3L4 71.5 82.1 69.8 70.9

Example 19 Analysis of Aggregation Tendency of Antibodies Using DynamicLight Scattering Technique (DLS)

DLS was performed on the UNcle system (Unchained Labs). DLS was measuredat 25° C. Data were calculated and analyzed using UNcle analysissoftware. Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) is used to detect theaggregation in antibody samples. The “mode diameter” refers to thediameter of the protein particle, and the “mass percentage” refers tothe percentage of each particle size fraction. The “PDI” refers to thepolydispersity index, the higher the index, the more polydispersed thesample is. If the PDI is not greater than 0.25, the sample can beconsidered as mono-disperse. As shown in Table 7, all four antibodysamples had a main “peak” (mass fraction over 99%), with 38E HuH3L4having a better PDI than the chimeric antibody, 38E HuH3L2 being similarto the chimeric antibody, and 38E HuH1L1 having a worse PDI than thechimeric antibody.

TABLE 7 Results of Dynamic light scattering technique (DLS) analysisPeak1 Peak2 mode mass mode mass diameter percentage diameter percentageSample (nm) (%) PDI (nm) (%) 38E chimeric 10.41 99.90 0.229 38E HuH1L19.68 99.15 0.383 101.16 0.96 38E HuH3L2 10.41 99.62 0.28 99.18 0.38 38EHuH3L4 10.41 100.00 0.043

Example 20 Antibody Affinity Assay

The affinity of anti-LIF antibody to human LIF protein was determinedusing Gator. The anti-human LIF antibody was first diluted to 5 ug/mLwith PBS and then added to A-F wells in second column of the 96-wellplate (200 μL per well). The human LIF protein concentrations weregradient diluted with PBS to 100, 50, 25, 12.5 and 6.25 μg/mL,respectively, and the diluted LIF protein was added to wells A-E wellsin the fourth column of the 96-well plate (100 μL per well) and PBS wasadded to F well as blank control. PBS was added to A-F wells in thefirst and third columns (200 μL per well). The 96-well plates wereplaced into the instrument and detected with anti-human Fc biosensor.The results were shown in Table 8, which showed that the affinity of thethree humanized antibodies was close to that of the chimeric antibodies.

TABLE 8 Humanized anti-LIF antibody affinity assay Sample Koff (1/s) Kon(1/Ms) KD (M) 38E HuH1L1 4.65E−05 5.69E+05 8.17E−11 38E HuH3L2 3.39E−056.31E+05 5.38E−11 38E HuH3L4 4.44E−05 5.79E+05 7.66E−11 38E chimeric1.57E−05 6.77E+05 2.33E−11

Example 21 Expression Purification of Humanized Antibodies and38E10E1C11 Antibodies

The variable regions of the light and heavy chains of the humanizedantibodies 38E HuH3L2 and 38E HuH3L4 were linked with the constantregions of the mouse antibodies (the constant region of the heavy chainwas mouse IgG1, the constant region of the light chain was kappa chain)and cloned into the PCDNA.3.4 vector, respectively, named 38E HuH3L2-m(the full-length gene sequences encoding the heavy and light chains ofthe 38E HuH3L2-m antibodies are shown in SEQ ID NO:36 and SEQ ID NO:38,respectively; and the corresponding full-length amino acid sequences ofthe heavy and light chains of the 38E HuH3L2-m antibody are shown in SEQID NO:35 and SEQ ID NO:37, respectively) and 38E HuH3L4-m (thefull-length gene sequences of the heavy and light chains are shown inSEQ ID NO:36 and SEQ ID NO:40, respectively, and the correspondingfull-length amino acid sequences of the heavy and light chains of the38E HuH3L4-m antibodies are shown in SEQ ID NO:35 and SEQ ID NO:39,respectively). Gene transfection and antibody expression were performedusing the Expi CHO Expression Kit from thermo fisher. Cell culturesupernatant was collected and the antibody was purified using a proteinG affinity chromatography column. The purified antibody was concentratedand exchanged by ultrafiltration using Amicon® Ultra ultrafiltrationtubes, and the antibody was finally dissolved in PBS of pH 7.4. The38E10E1C11 antibody was also expressed and purified in the same manner.

Example 22 Humanized Anti-LIF Antibody Competes with LIFR for Binding toHuman LIF Protein

The recombinant human LIF protein is coated at a concentration of 1μg/mL in enzyme labeled plates, and 50 μL/well of recombinant human LIFRprotein at a concentration of 0.6125 μg/mL (fusion expressed with humanFc, purchased from ACRO, item number: LIR-H4252) is added, meanwhile 100μL/well of different LIF antibodies 38E HuH3L2-m (SEQ ID NOs: 35 and37), 38E HuH3L4-m (SEQ ID NOs: 35 and 39), 38E10E1C11 (SEQ ID NOs: 41and 43), P36-033 (SEQ ID NOs: 54 and 56) at different concentrationswere added. Anti-CD3 antibody was used as negative control (purchasedfrom BioLegend, No. 317326). The plates were incubated for 2 h at roomtemperature and washed four times with PBST, HRP-labeled goat anti-humanFc antibodies were added, and the plates were incubated for 1 h at roomtemperature and washed four times with PBST. TMB colored solution wasadded and color developing for 10 min at room temperature. Theabsorption value at 450 nm was read by an enzyme marker. The data wereanalyzed and plotted using Origin pro 9 software. The results weredetailed in FIG. 19. The results showed that 38E10E1C11, 38E HuH3L2-m,38E HuH3L4-m were able to inhibit the binding of recombinant human LIFto human LIFR with IC50 of 0.074 μg/ml, 0.145 μg/ml and 0.103 μg/ml,respectively. P36-033 had a weak inhibitory effect and the negativecontrol anti-CD3 antibody could not inhibit the binding of recombinanthuman LIF to human LIFR.

Example 23 Humanized Anti-LIF Antibody does not Compete with GP130 toBind Human LIF Protein

The recombinant human LIF protein was coated at a concentration of 1μg/mL in the enzyme labeled plate, and 50 μL/well of recombinant humanGP130 protein at a concentration of 12 μg/mL (fusion expressed withhuman Fc, purchased from Yijiao Shenzhou, item number: 10974-H03H) wasadded, meanwhile 100 μL/well of LIF antibodies 38E HuH3L2-m ((SEQ IDNOs: 35 and 37), 38E HuH3L4-m (SEQ ID NOs: 35 and 39) and P36-033 (SEQID NOs: 56 and 54) at different concentrations were added, anti-CD28antibody was as a negative control (purchased from BioLegend, item no.302914). The plates were incubated for 2 h at room temperature andwashed with PBST four times. HRP-labeled goat anti-human Fc antibodieswere added and incubated for 1 h at room temperature, and washed fourtimes with PBST. TMB colored solution was added and color developing for10 min at room temperature. The absorption value at 450 nm was read byan enzyme marker. The data were analyzed and plotted using Origin pro 9software. The results were detailed in FIG. 20. The results showed thatthe humanized antibodies 38E HuH3L2-m, 38E HuH3L4-m and the negativecontrol antibody of anti-CD28 antibody did not inhibit the binding ofrecombinant human LIF to human GP130 protein, and P36-033 could inhibitthe binding of recombinant human LIF to human GP130 protein.

Example 24 Antigen Recognition Specificity Assay of Humanized Anti-LIFAntibody

Human LIF, human IL-6, human OSM and human CNTF (all four proteins werepurchased from Yijiao Shenzhou, item numbers 14890-HNAH; 10395-HNAE;10452-HNAH; 11841-H07E, respectively) were coated at a concentration of1 μg/mL in enzyme labeled plates, and different concentrations of LIFantibodies 38E10E1C11, 38E huH3L2-m, 38E huH3L4-m were incubated at roomtemperature for 1 h. After washed four times with PBST, HRP-labeled goatanti-mouse Fab secondary antibodies were added and incubated at roomtemperature for 1 h. After washed four times with PBST, TMB coloredsolution was added and color developing for 10 min at room temperature.The absorption value at 450 nm was read by the enzyme maker. The datawere analyzed and plotted using Origin pro 9 software. The results wereshown in FIG. 21, the result shows that 38E10E1C11, 38E huH3L2-m and 38EhuH3L4-m antibodies only bind to human LIF protein but not to humanIL-6, OSM and CNTF.

Example 25 Identification of Epitopes Recognized by Humanized Anti-LIFAntibody

In the previous experiments, the invention found that the 38E10E1C11antibody recognizes a linear epitope of LIF protein, so whether the 38Ehumanized antibody still recognizes the linear epitope of LIF proteinfirstly needed to be verified. The supernatant of 293T cells transfectedwith human LIF full-length gene sequence, Mut3 and Mut4 proteinsequences after 3 days of culture, and the negative control of 293T cellculture supernatant were taken, 5×SDS-PAGE loading buffer was added, andboiled for 10 minutes. Then 10 μL of sample was taken for SDS-PAGEelectrophoresis, and then the electrophoretic bands were transferred toPVDF membrane for western blot detection. The primary antibody fordetection was 38E huH3L2 or 38E huH3L4 antibody at a concentration of 1μg/mL, and was incubated for 2 hours at room temperature. Then washedthree times in PBST buffer and diluted HRP-labeled sheep anti-human Fcsecondary antibody at a dilution ration of 1:3000 was added, incubatedwith the secondary antibody for 2 hours at room temperature, washedthree times in PBST buffer and enhanced Chemiluminescent solution(Perice, item no. 34079) was added and incubated. An Amersham Imager 600ultra-sensitive multifunctional imager was used for detection andphotograph. The results were shown in subfigure A in FIG. 22, the resultshows that both humanized antibodies could recognize the denatured humanLIF protein and Mut3 protein but not Mut4 protein. The same results wereobtained in the M1 cell proliferation assay, and the results weredetailed in subfigure B in FIG. 22. Therefore, the epitope sequencesrecognized by the 38E huH3L2 and 38E huH3L4 antibodies were determinedto be TYGPDTSGKDVFQKK (SEQ ID NO: 61).

Example 26 STAT3 Activation Inhibition Assay of KP4 Cells to DetectHumanized Anti-LIF Antibody Activity

After digestion and centrifugation of KP4 cells, cells were re-suspendedand plated in 12-well plates at 1 mL, 5×10⁵ cells/well. The plates wereincubated at 37° C., 5% CO₂ overnight. The next day, the original mediumwas discarded, cell medium containing 50 ng/mL recombinant human LIFprotein and different concentrations of anti-LIF humanized antibodieswas added respectively. Control wells without recombinant human LIFprotein and with only recombinant human LIF protein and withoutantibodies were set up, and the plates were incubated for 30 min at 37°C. incubator. Then the medium was removed, 1004, of 1× cell lysissolution was added to each well, and the mixture was lysed for 30 min onice. The lysate was transferred to a 1.5 mL centrifuge tube andcentrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 10 min, and the supernatant was collected.The supernatant was taken for western blot detection to detect thephosphorylation of STAT3. The results showed that the humanizedantibodies 38E huH3L4 and 38E huH3L2 were able to inhibit LIFprotein-induced phosphorylation of STAT3 (FIG. 23).

Example 27 M1 Cell Proliferation Assay to Detect the Activity ofHumanized Anti-LIF Antibody

After centrifugation of M1, washed with RPMI1640 medium twice, and96-well plates were inoculated at a density of 2.5×10⁵ cells/mL. 80 μLof the cells were inoculated in each well, and medium containing 4 ng/mLof recombinant human LIF protein and different concentrations ofanti-LIF antibodies were added to make the final volume of each well to160 μL. While control wells without LIF were set up and incubated at 37°C. for 72 hours and proliferation was detected by adding CCK-8. Theresults were detailed in FIG. 24, the result shows that both humanizedantibodies 38E huH3L4-m and 38E huH3L2-m were able to reverse theproliferation inhibition of M1 cells by human LIF protein with EC₅₀ of6.52 μg/mL and 8.93 μg/mL, respectively.

Example 28: Inhibition Effect of LIF-Induced STAT3 Phosphorylation byLIF Antibody

100,000 KP4 cells were inoculated in 96-well plates; and gradientdiluted LIF antibody was incubated with 20-100 ng/ml of LIF protein atroom temperature for 0.5-1 h to form LIF-Ab mixture. LIF-Ab mixture wasadded to cell wells and stimulated for 5-30 min at 37° C. DetectingP-STAT3 and Total-STAT3 protein expression levels according to P-STAT3(TYR705) KITS(Cisbio) and Total-STAT3 KITS (Cisbio) instructions. Theemission signal ratio of the donor and acceptor for each well wascalculated: Ratio=Signal 665 nm/Signal 620 nm*10⁴. Prism software wasused to generate data graphs and count the inhibition rate of LIFantibody. The results showed that the LIF antibody 38E HuH3L4 hasinhibition effect of phosphorylation of STAT3 phosphorylation induced byLIF, as shown in FIG. 25, with an IC50 of 3.415 nM.

Example 29: Detection of ADCC Activity of LIF Antibody

LIF binds to GP130 and LIFR, while humanized LIF antibody blocks LIFbinding to LIFR, but not LIF binding to GP130. Detecting whetherhumanized LIF antibody binds to the cell surface mediated by LIF andthus ADCC works. Antibodies Erbitux (Epiduo®, Merck Serono, positivecontrol) and Human IgG2 (Cat #HG2K, Sino, negative control) weresequentially diluted with ADCC buffer (RPMI-1640+1% FBS); and the 38EhuH3L4 antibody was then diluted in triplicate and eight gradients withADCC buffer containing LIF protein, and set aside. DLD-1 cells weredigested with trypsin (Cat #25200072, GIBCO), and after the reaction wasterminated, the cells were blown apart and collected into a centrifugetube, centrifuged at 1500 rpm for 3 min. The supernatant was discarded,and the cells were re-suspended with ADCC buffer and counted. The cellconcentration was adjusted and set aside. PBMC cells (Cat #SLB-HP010B,Shanghai SAILYBIO Ltd.) were resuscitated, and 10 mL of ADCC buffer wasadded, centrifuged at 2000 rpm for 10 min, and the supernatant wasdiscarded. The PBMC cells were re-suspend in ADCC buffer and counted.The cell concentration was adjusted and set aside; and take out the96-well U-bottom cell culture plate, 50 μl of target cells DLD-1, 50 μlof antibody, and 50 μl of PBMC effector cells were added in turn. Theratio of PBMC effector cells and target cells was 30:1. The reaction wascarried out in a 5% CO₂ incubator at 37° C. for 6 h. LDH was detected byCyto Tox96 Non-Radioactive Cytotoxicity Assay Kit (Cat #G1780, Promega)and the absorbance values were measured at 490 nm using an enzymemarker.

The mean absorbance values of each parallel well were calculated so thatthe average absorbance values of all experimental wells, target cell LDHspontaneous release wells (TCR), and effector cell LDH spontaneousrelease wells (ECR) were subtracted from the average absorbance valuesof blank medium (CMB). The average absorbance value of the target cellLDH maximum release wells (TCM) was subtracted from the averageabsorbance value of the volume corrected control wells (VCC).Cytotoxicity (%) from each concentration of antibody was calculatedusing the above corrected values according to the following formula.

Cytotoxicity (%)=(A−B−C)/(D−C)×100%

A: average absorbance value after correction of experimental wells

B: average absorbance value of the corrected effector cell LDHspontaneous release wells

C: average absorbance value of the corrected target cell LDH spontaneousrelease wells

D: average absorbance value of the corrected LDH maximal release pore ofthe target cell

As shown in FIG. 26, 38E huH3L4 antibody had no ADCC activity.

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What is claimed is: 1-121. (canceled)
 122. An isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof, comprising: (a) LCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) LCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (c) LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 3; (d) HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4; (e) HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5; and (f)HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 6. 123. Theisolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 122,comprising: (i) a light chain variable region (VL) comprising an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequenceselected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7, 11, 15, or 19, andhaving LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprisingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; and (ii) a heavy chain variableregion (VH) comprising an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identityto an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NO:23, 27, or 31, and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 andHCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 6. 124. Theisolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 122,comprising: 1) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises anamino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 7 and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2and LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavychain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence with atleast 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 23 and havingHCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprisingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 2) a light chain variable region(VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity toan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and having LCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises anamino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 27 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 3) a lightchain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence with atleast 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 and havingLCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprisingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31 and having HCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 4) a light chain variable region (VL) thatcomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11 and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 23 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 5) a light chainvariable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11 and having LCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) thatcomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 6)a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainvariable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31 and having HCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 7) a light chain variable region (VL) thatcomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 23 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 8) a light chainvariable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 and having LCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) thatcomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 9)a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainvariable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31 and having HCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 10) a light chain variable region (VL) thatcomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3,and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 23 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 11) a light chainvariable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19 and having LCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) thatcomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; or12) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 19 and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainvariable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31 and having HCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 6. 125. The isolated antibody or antigen-bindingfragment thereof of claim 122, comprising: 1) a light chain variableregion (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, and aheavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 23; 2) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27; 3) alight chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 7, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31; 4) a light chain variableregion (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, anda heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 23; 5) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27; 6) alight chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 11, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31; 7) a light chain variableregion (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, anda heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 23; 8) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27; 9) alight chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 15, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 31; 10) a light chain variableregion (VL) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, anda heavy chain variable region (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequenceof SEQ ID NO: 23; 11) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, and a heavy chain variableregion (VH) that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 27; or12) a light chain variable region (VL) that comprises an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, and a heavy chain variable region (VH) thatcomprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 31. 126. The isolatedantibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 122, comprising alight and a heavy chain, wherein: (I) the light chain comprises an aminoacid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequenceselected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 9, 13, 17, or 21, andhaving LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprisingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3; and (II) the heavy chaincomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence selected from a group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 25, 29, or33, and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4,HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 6. 127. The isolatedantibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 122,comprising: 1) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence withat least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 andhaving LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprisingan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chain that comprisesan amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 25 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 2)a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85%identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and having LCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chain that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 29 and having HCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 3) a light chain thatcomprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9 and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 2 and LCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3,and a heavy chain that comprises an amino acid sequence with at least85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 and having HCDR1comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; 4) a light chain that comprises an amino acidsequence with at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 13 and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; 5) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; 6) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; 7) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; 8) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; 9) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; 10) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; 11) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 6; or 12) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequencewith at least 85% identity to an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 21and having LCDR1 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1,LCDR2 comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and LCDR3comprising an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence with at least 85% identity to anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33 and having HCDR1 comprising anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, HCDR2 comprising an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 5 and HCDR3 comprising an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO:
 6. 128. The isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof of claim 122, comprising: 1) a light chain that comprises anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chain that comprises anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25; 2) a light chain that comprises anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chain that comprises anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29; 3) a light chain that comprises anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, and a heavy chain that comprises anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33; 4) a light chain that comprises anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chain that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25; 5) a light chain that comprisesan amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chain thatcomprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29; 6) a light chain thatcomprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, and a heavy chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33; 7) a light chainthat comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and a heavychain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 25; 8) a lightchain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, and aheavy chain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 29; 9) alight chain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17, anda heavy chain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 33;10) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:21, and a heavy chain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQ IDNO: 25; 11) a light chain that comprises an amino acid sequence of SEQID NO: 21, and a heavy chain that comprises an amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NO: 29; or 12) a light chain that comprises an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 21, and a heavy chain that comprises an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 33. 129. The isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 122, wherein the isolatedantibody is an IgG.
 130. The isolated antibody or antigen-bindingfragment thereof of claim 129, wherein the isolated IgG antibody is anIgG1, IgG2 or IgG4.
 131. The isolated antibody or antigen-bindingfragment thereof of claim 122, which is a monoclonal antibody, achimeric antibody, a humanized antibody, a human engineered antibody, ahuman antibody, a bispecific antibody, Fv, a single chain antibody(scFv), a Fab, a Fab′, a Fab′-SH or a F(ab′)2.
 132. The isolatedantibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 122, which isleukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) antagonist.
 133. The isolated antibodyor antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim 122, which is capable ofinhibiting the expression of LIF and/or blocking the activity of LIF.134. The isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof of claim122, which is capable of competing with LIFR and/or GP130 for binding toLIF.
 135. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeuticallyeffective amount of the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragmentthereof of claim 122, and a pharmaceutical acceptable excipient.
 136. Amethod for inhibiting the expression of LIF and/or blocking the activityof LIF in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to thepatient a therapeutically effective amount of the isolated antibody orantigen-binding fragment thereof of claim
 122. 137. A method fortreating a disease or condition related to LIF in a patient in needthereof comprising administering to the patient a therapeuticallyeffective amount of the isolated antibody or antigen-binding fragment ofclaim
 122. 138. The method of claim 137, wherein the disease orcondition related to LIF is tumor.
 139. The method of claim 138, whereinthe tumor is solid tumor.
 140. The method of claim 139, wherein thesolid tumor comprises glioblastoma, lung cancer, ovarian cancer,colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer or prostate cancer.